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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 26, there wasn't enough ammunition for what?
(a) Killing animals for meals.
(b) Any of the Mountain Men.
(c) All the soldier's guns.
(d) Target practice.

2. Bridger was interviewed by a newspaper editor, but the editors friend told him not to take any stock in what?
(a) Indian folklore.
(b) Trapper's tales.
(c) Greenhorn stories.
(d) Mountain legends.

3. What did Jim Bridger find on the side of a trail that had Indian signs marked on them?
(a) Buffalo skulls.
(b) Indian belts.
(c) Peace pipes.
(d) Horse saddles.

4. What tribe did the scouts come from that Captain Frank North had in his battalion?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Ute.
(d) Pawnee.

5. In Parkman's words, the poles that were used to erect the lodges were carried by what?
(a) Horses.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Women and children.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was John C. Fremont's topographer?

2. When Sir George bought cattle, how much did he spend per head?

3. Jim Bridger once told a group of eager treasure hunters that on the top of a mountain they could find a great big what?

4. Chapter 16 mentions a cold afternoon when Bridger's dogs began to bark. Bridger peers through his loophole and sees how many dark figures?

5. In Chapter 26, what that Jim Bridger possessed is something he took for granted?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Shotwell describe Jim Bridger in Chapter 24?

2. When Bridger built Fort Bridger, he built four log cabins within the stockade. What were these four cabins for?

3. In 1846, which party stopped by Fort Bridger and why?

4. What was Fetterman's scheme to trick the enemy?

5. What was Jim Bridger's motto in Chapter 21?

6. What quality Chapter 21 did Jim Bridger have that made him superior to other Mountain Men?

7. What is the reason that historians give for the quarrel between Brigham Young and Jim Bridger?

8. What idea did Bridger develop when he experienced a number of emigrants coming to Fort Laramie?

9. What are some of the things that Jim Bridger did to help the Mormons and their leader, Brigham Young?

10. In the winter of 1847, why did Joseph Meek come to visit Bridger?

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