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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Caw tribe like?
(a) They wondered what the travelers were doing.
(b) They were hostile.
(c) They were peaceful.
(d) They were wise and offered traveling advice.

2. What did the travelers use instead of firewood to keep their fires going?
(a) Paraffin wax
(b) Coal
(c) Straw
(d) Buffalo dung

3. How many states were in the Union in the spring of 1846?
(a) 13
(b) 28
(c) 52
(d) 20

4. What happened to the letters that Bryant sent Reed?
(a) Reed tore them up without reading them.
(b) Reed laughed when he read them.
(c) They were given to Donner instead.
(d) Reed never received them.

5. Independence, Missouri known for all of these except what?
(a) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading west to Oregon.
(b) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading east to New York.
(c) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading west to California.
(d) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading south along the Santa Fe Trail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to 13-year-old Edward Breen?

2. Where did the children sleep?

3. How many people were in the group when it was at its full strength?

4. What did James Clyman tell the travelers?

5. How old was Virginia Elizabeth Backenstoe Reed when the family left Illinois?

(see the answer key)

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