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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Virginia Elizabeth Backenstoe Reed when the family left Illinois?
(a) Almost 13
(b) Almost 18
(c) Almost 25
(d) Almost 7

3. Who helped with the chores?
(a) Grandma
(b) Only the women
(c) Everyone over the age of five
(d) Only the men

4. What did Reed want out west?
(a) Silver
(b) A new beginning
(c) Gold
(d) Land

5. What happened to James Reed after he killed Snyder?
(a) He was banished.
(b) He was hung.
(c) Nothing
(d) He had to bury Snyder as punishment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the unofficial leader of the snowshoers?

2. How fast was the Donner Party moving as they blazed through the Wasatch?

3. How many wagons did the Reeds lose in the desert?

4. Where was the family going to move to?

5. Why did Reed kill Snyder?

(see the answer key)

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