View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bridger left Fort Leramie, he rode back to Fort Bridger where he married a woman from what tribe?

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

3. Who did the Indians say "talked sense and told the truth"?

4. In what year did General Grenville M. Dodge summon Jim Bridger to act as Chief of Scouts?

5. What did the Mormons pile in their houses when they were afraid the troops would sack their city?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When the snow was gone and Bridger got ready to set out with Sir George Gore on the trail to Yellowstone, what did they bring with them?

4. Describe Fort Laramie.

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

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

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

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

9. What were some of the mistakes that tourists made that stopped by Fort Bridger?

10. Which tribes came to the treaty grounds of Fort Laramie, and who were some of the well known Indians that attended?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Indians as seen through Jim Bridger's eyes. What qualities did Bridger admire in the Indians? What tribes were known as friends to Bridger? Describe the Indians as seen through the U.S. government's eyes? How do these two views differ and why?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think, as the years went by and towards the end of the book, there was more hostility between the white man and the Indians? What events and factors contributed to the crumbling relationship between the two races? What things do you think could have been done to mend the relationship between Indians and the white man? Use specific information from the book to support your answers.

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 797 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample