View a FREE sample

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 many arrows did the young warrior shoot into Jim Bridger's back?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

2. Who told Bridger they wanted him to find a more direct route for wagons from Fort Bridger to the South Platte.
(a) Tom Fitzpatrick.
(b) Kit Carson
(c) Captain Howard Stansbury.
(d) General Richard Gerard.

3. What was Meek's answer when the Crow chief asked him how many men Bridger had?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Forty.
(d) One hundred.

4. The trail Jim Bridger proposed would later be the route of the Overland Stage, the Union Pacific Railroad, and what else?
(a) The Mountain Man Rendezvous Camp.
(b) The Morman Calvery.
(c) The Pony Express.
(d) The gold rush trail.

5. How much did the Army pay Jim Bridger per day to be the Chief of Scouts?
(a) $5.
(b) $20.
(c) $15.
(d) $10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tribe was named, "Big Bellies"?

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

3. What place was the largest trading post in the West?

4. In Chapter 5, who was called an "ornery skunk"?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 210 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample