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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date Jim Bridger leased his claim to Fort Bridger to the government?

2. Where did Jim Bridger travel to give his opinion of the Mormons?

3. What was located in the corner of Mrs. Bridger's room?

4. After 1850, how many herds of buffalo were there?

5. What was the name of Bordeaux's squaw?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were some of Sir George Gore's morning habits?

4. What happened that let Bridger see a chance for official backing concerning the Hot Springs, geysers, lake, and Fire Hole River?

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

6. What did Jim Bridger know the first duty of a chief or an officer was?

7. 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?

8. In Chapter 18, what was the first move the Saints tried to make on the Mountain men, and what happened?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book was a biography written by Stanley Vestal; therefore, it's a book about Jim Bridger written by someone else. How do you think this book would have been different if Bridger would have written it himself? What are some events or people that you think would have been described differently had Bridger written the book himself? Explain your answers and use specific information from the book to support your views.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the events that led up to Jim Bridger receiving two arrows in his back in Chapter 8. Why did Bridger receive these arrows to the back? Do you think they were deserved? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, there are tales of men losing their wives, either to the Indian attacks or during childbirth. Jim Bridger had more than one wife that died in childbirth, and one child that was taken by the Indians and never seen again. How do you think the familiarity of loved ones dying affected the Mountain Men, especially Jim Bridger? Even after the Indians took his daughter, do you think Jim Bridger kept an open mind about the Indians? Why or why not?

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