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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Downward Toward the Coast.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the first creek where the men set up camp?
(a) Osage Women's River
(b) St. Charles River
(c) Demian River
(d) Formby Magic River

2. What does the scouting party have to find up the southern fork of the river?
(a) A monument
(b) A graveyard
(c) A mound
(d) A waterfall

3. What does the Corps name the eastern fork?
(a) Washington's River
(b) Gallatin's River
(c) Lewis' river
(d) Whitman's River

4. What kind of animal in America catches the antelope when it enters the water?
(a) Buffalo
(b) Wolf
(c) Lion
(d) Coyote

5. Who is chosen to replace Sergeant Floyd?
(a) Gass
(b) Jacques
(c) Fields
(d) Hefner

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lewis decide to walk along the shore?

2. What uses the mound as a refuge?

3. What does the Corps name the Western fork?

4. What is the name of Charbonneau's youngest wife?

5. What do most of the men like about the Mandan village?

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