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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the experienced waterman within the Corps?

2. What are prairie dogs rumored to live with?

3. What do the men name the river near the buffalo carcasses?

4. What makes the terrain so difficult in this chapter?

5. What does the Corps find on the shore of the Poncha River?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clark notice about the mound they climb in the third chapter?

2. What problems does the buffalo cause in Chapter 9?

3. What further problems does the party have with Teton Indians in the fourth chapter?

4. What do the Indians do when ice appears in the Missouri?

5. What problems does Lewis encounter on his walk in Chapter 10?

6. What occurs in the meeting between the captains and the Indian tribes in the second chapter?

7. Why does the Corps find the terrain heavy going in Chapter 12?

8. How do the captains want to deal with Reed in the second chapter?

9. What happens to Private Howard in Chapter 6?

10. How do the captains try to persuade the tribes to make peace with each other?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare American Indian culture with white American culture?

1) How do white American culture and American Indian culture clash?

2) What have white American culture and American Indian culture learned from each other?

Essay Topic 2

What does the buffalo symbolize in American culture? How does the buffalo symbolize different things to the American Indians than it does to the American whites?

Essay Topic 3

What problems does the group encounter during its journey? How does it manage to get over its problems? How does it learn from its mistakes?

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