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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many miles would the cutoff save them?
(a) 30
(b) 400
(c) 750
(d) 100

2. What was completed in 1857, making traveling to California easier?
(a) A highway
(b) A stagecoach pass
(c) A cleared trail over the pass
(d) The Central Pacific Railroad

3. What happened to 13-year-old Edward Breen?
(a) He was lost.
(b) He was murdered.
(c) He died from illness.
(d) He fell off his horse and broke his leg.

4. How many people were in the group when it was at its full strength?
(a) 142
(b) 87
(c) 41
(d) 63

5. What did Virginia write about her father's banishment?
(a) She wrote that his punishment was very unjust.
(b) She only said that he had to go on to California for provisions. D
(c) She didn't write about it at all.
(d) She said it was fair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who went off to find help nine days before Christmas?

2. When did James Reed think they would hit the Sierra Nevada?

3. What happened to George Donner's hand?

4. How did Victoria react to the cannibalism?

5. Why did Bridger promote the shortcut?

(see the answer key)

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