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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chief of Scouts- Chapter 22,23, and 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Jim Bridger's daughter when he sent her to the Whitman Mission School?
(a) Going on nine.
(b) Going on eight.
(c) Going on seven.
(d) Going on ten.

2. Pierre's Hole was home to what tribe that is described as the most implacable of tribes?
(a) Blackfeet.
(b) Crow.
(c) Cheyenne.
(d) Sioux.

3. What did the emigrants call the trappers and traders?
(a) French men.
(b) Wild men.
(c) Tame Indians.
(d) French Indians.

4. Jim Bridger was a born what?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Explorer.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Trapper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Parkman's story and words were referred to in Chapter 14, he mentioned that the water was alive with dogs, horses, and what?

2. Some of the older trappers had advantages over Jim. Who was a better businessman than Jim?

3. In Chapter 14, Jim Bridger is described as being as slick as what?

4. What did the name Casapy mean that the Crow Indians had given to Bridger?

5. What was the name of Jim Bridger's son that was a veteran of the Civil War?

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