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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. What was located in the corner of Mrs. Bridger's room?
(a) A baby bed.
(b) A rocking chair.
(c) A churn.
(d) A drying rack.

2. What was the name of the Cheyenne chief in Chapter 25?
(a) Black Horse.
(b) Buffalo Horn.
(c) Crazy Horse.
(d) Sitting Bull.

3. What did the Mormons pile in their houses when they were afraid the troops would sack their city?
(a) Wood chips.
(b) Buffalo chips.
(c) Straw.
(d) Wheat.

4. What had Mrs. Bridger lost in Chapter 16, that one of the groups of travelers had given her?
(a) A baby blanket.
(b) A skillet lid.
(c) A down pillow.
(d) A butter knife.

5. When Bridger left Fort Leramie, he rode back to Fort Bridger where he married a woman from what tribe?
(a) Blackfeet.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Crow.
(d) Snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sir George Gore ordered all the irons raked from the ashes, where did he ask the men to throw them?

2. In Chapter 14, the emigrants were liked to school boys lost where?

3. How old was Jim Bridger's daughter when he sent her to the Whitman Mission School?

4. On what day of the year was Jim Bridger enrolled as Chief Guide at Fort Kearney?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did one man offer Jim Bridger after he told the story of the big diamond on top of a mountain that could be seen from fifty miles away?

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

4. In Chapter 22, what did the Army pay Jim Bridger and what supplies did they provide to him?

5. What happened to the artist and correspondent named Ridgeway Glover who went on a walk unarmed one afternoon?

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

7. Describe Fort Laramie.

8. Why did Jim Bridger's stay at home in Chapter 22 not last long?

9. How did Jim Bridger excel at trailing?

10. Why did the Indians give Jim Bridger the name of "Big Throat"?

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