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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Mormons pile in their houses when they were afraid the troops would sack their city?
(a) Straw.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Buffalo chips.
(d) Wood chips.

3. What was the name of Jim Bridger's son that was a veteran of the Civil War?
(a) Charles.
(b) Felix.
(c) Alvin.
(d) George.

4. What did Jim Bridger find on the side of a trail that had Indian signs marked on them?
(a) Horse saddles.
(b) Peace pipes.
(c) Indian belts.
(d) Buffalo skulls.

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

6. The words "Hell's full of greenhorns" was known as what?
(a) The Indian and trapper agreement.
(b) The Indian wisdom.
(c) The frontier gospel.
(d) The Mountain Man oath.

7. What was located in the corner of Mrs. Bridger's room?
(a) A rocking chair.
(b) A drying rack.
(c) A churn.
(d) A baby bed.

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

9. At the beginning of Chapter 14, Bridger and his men were riding over a ridge and the greenhorns mistook them for who?
(a) Raiding Sioux.
(b) Raiding Crows.
(c) Raiding Blackfeet.
(d) Raiding Snake.

10. In the beginning of Chapter 25, when French Pete's wife and children were discovered, it was discovered that the Indians had not killed what?
(a) Pete.
(b) Pete's animals.
(c) Pete's mother.
(d) Pete's father.

11. On what area of the body did Jim Bridger develop goiter?
(a) Under his right armpit.
(b) Under his chin.
(c) Below his left eyebrow.
(d) On his calf.

12. French Pete had a Sioux wife and how many children?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

13. In the opening of Chapter 16, where was Brigham Young's caravan headed?
(a) Salt Lake.
(b) Yellowstone.
(c) California.
(d) St. Louis.

14. When the rest of the men came in after Joseph Meek, what did Jim Bridger fix for them to eat?
(a) Hot meat.
(b) Buffalo skins.
(c) Cowboy pie.
(d) Corn husks.

15. General Connor told Jim Bridger that his three columns were to meet at the mouth of what river?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Greene.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Tongue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Joseph Meek say carried Jim's daughter away?

3. How much did Jim Bridger agree to lease Fort Bridger to the government for?

4. Who was in charge of Connor's column that was headed northwest from the Lower Platte?

5. The trail Jim Bridger proposed would later be the route of the Overland Stage, the Union Pacific Railroad, and what else?

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