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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do people get across the great Salt Lake Desert in today's world?
(a) Stagecoach
(b) Interstate 80
(c) On country roads
(d) Walking

2. Why did the travelers want to get to their destination by winter?
(a) They wanted to celebrate Christmas in a new place.
(b) The mother was going to have a baby then.
(c) They were looking forward to warm weather in winter and no more snow.
(d) The deep snows close the mountain passes.

3. What was the Donner Party running low on?
(a) Water
(b) Food
(c) Strength
(d) Ammunition

4. How long did the travelers expect to be in the Great Salt Lake Desert?
(a) 14 days
(b) 7-8 days
(c) 3-4 days
(d) 1 very long and hard day

5. How fast was the Donner Party moving along the Humboldt?
(a) 2 miles a day
(b) 20 miles a day
(c) 10 miles a day
(d) 15 miles a day

Short Answer Questions

1. How many states were in the Union in the spring of 1846?

2. Who possessed the west?

3. What is caching, according to the emigrants?

4. What did the travelers do before they headed across the desert?

5. What did the travelers use instead of firewood to keep their fires going?

(see the answer key)

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