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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 was Albert Gallatin's job with the government?

2. What do the men eat when they run out of food?

3. What does the Corps avoid to quicken its pace?

4. When do the natives have to leave the fortification?

5. What is the Kooskooskee River now known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clark save the woman in Chapter 18?

2. How does the horseman act strangely in Chapter 14?

3. Why does the Corps feel such great joy in Chapter 17 when it reaches the ocean?

4. What does Clark give Yellept in exchange for his horse?

5. How does Clark relieve the horses' pain?

6. Describe the visit to the Indian village in Chapter 15.

7. What do the captains name the three forks of the Missouri River?

8. What do the captains devise to make their journey across the mountain easier?

9. How do the captains divide the party on July the 1st in Chapter 22?

10. Why is the trek across the Bitterroots Mountains so difficult?

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

Examine the punishment and discipline used in the book to keep the Corps in order.

1) Why was so important to keep the Corps disciplined?

2) In what way do Lewis and Clark set a good a example for the men?

3) Why are none of the punished men asked to leave the Corps?

Essay Topic 3

What were the main concerns in America during the early 1800s. How are these concerns expressed in the journals?

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