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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. In Chapter 6, the air was described to be like what?
(a) Foggy.
(b) Ice.
(c) Wine.
(d) Wet.

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

3. In what year did General Grenville M. Dodge summon Jim Bridger to act as Chief of Scouts?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1867.

4. When Sir George Gore ordered all the irons raked from the ashes, where did he ask the men to throw them?
(a) Into the Missouri River.
(b) In a large hole that the men dug in the ground.
(c) Into the buffalo dung heep.
(d) In the fire pit under the ashes.

5. What did being a free trapper mean for Jim?
(a) That he must be a master at his trade.
(b) That it would be less expensive.
(c) That he would have to depend on himself.
(d) That he could hire the people he wanted.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which tribe was allies with the Blackfeet Indians?

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

4. On what day of the year was Jim Bridger enrolled as Chief Guide at Fort Kearney?

5. What was Meek's answer when the Crow chief asked him how many men Bridger had?

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