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

2. What was the name of the paper where almost a whole page was dedicated to Jim Bridger?
(a) Buffalo Post.
(b) Kearney Herald.
(c) Frontier Sun.
(d) Missouri Journal.

3. Who was Jim Bridger's friend that he persuaded to come out to Fort Bridger and be partners with him?
(a) Kit Carson.
(b) Tom Fitzpatrick.
(c) Louis Vasquez.
(d) Gerald Lund.

4. What did Jim Bridger love better than people?
(a) Himself.
(b) His belongings.
(c) Animals.
(d) Places.

5. When the Blackfeet attacked the Americans in Chapter 6, how much were the beaver pelts worth that were taken?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $3,500.
(d) $2,900.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, when Bridger decided to "set his moccasins on a new trail" his experience was likened to that of whom?

2. What was Jim Bridger's daughters name who he sent to Whitman Mission School?

3. On what area of the body did Jim Bridger develop goiter?

4. What tribe did the scouts come from that Captain Frank North had in his battalion?

5. In what year was the trappers rendezvous to be held in Pierre's Hole?

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