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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chief of Scouts- Chapter 25 and 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Valley did Bridger lead Captain Howard Stansbury down from?
(a) Ogden.
(b) Cache.
(c) Utah.
(d) Green.

2. Chapter 16 mentions a cold afternoon when Bridger's dogs began to bark. Bridger peers through his loophole and sees how many dark figures?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. Sir George Gore brought a lot of men to help him hunt what two animals?
(a) Elk and buffalo.
(b) Dear and buffalo.
(c) Bear and buffalo.
(d) Bear and elk..

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

5. In Chapter 14, when Bridger decided to "set his moccasins on a new trail" his experience was likened to that of whom?
(a) Tom Fitzpatrick.
(b) Charles Preuss.
(c) Francis Parkman.
(d) Kit Carson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jim Bridger had to know more than just the layout of the country; he had to know how to do what?

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

4. The men's camp equipment consisted of a kettle, a knife, a blanket, and what else?

5. In Chapter 26, who said he was "sure a single company of regulars could whip a thousand Indians"?

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