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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the families do in the evening?
(a) Relaxed
(b) They hunted.
(c) They went to bed very early.
(d) Prepared for the next day.

3. What wild animal almost broke into the camp?
(a) Wolf
(b) Buffalo
(c) Hog
(d) Bear

4. Where did the United States end?
(a) New Mexico
(b) California
(c) Texas
(d) Missouri

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Hastings Cutoff trail like?

2. What did the book they follow mostly consist of?

3. What was the first bit of trouble the Donner Party encountered?

4. What did the skilled explorers find about Hastings shortcut?

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

(see the answer key)

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