View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did they stay warm at night?
(a) They drank whiskey.
(b) They layered their clothing.
(c) They huddled together under a blanket near the fire.
(d) They built a huge fire.

2. What did the travelers encounter as they climbed the Sierra Nevada?
(a) A burning sun
(b) Snow
(c) Illness
(d) New friendships with the Native Americans

3. What reputation did the 40 mile desert have?
(a) It was a death trap.
(b) It was more beautiful than other deserts.
(c) It was a graveyard for abandoned wagons.
(d) It was forgiving for a desert.

4. How did Virginia spend her days after leaving Missouri?
(a) Reading to her grandmother
(b) Steering the wagons
(c) On her pony
(d) Minding the little ones

5. How did Patrick Dolan die?
(a) He hallucinated and broke away from the fire then died of cold and starvation.
(b) He was killed.
(c) He died from infection.
(d) He ate poisoned meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How close were the travelers to the summit when they decided to rest and got snowed in?

2. How did Reed react to Clyman's message?

3. What did the families do in the evening?

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

5. What happened when Hardcoop could no longer walk?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 265 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample