3. What was Reed going on to do?
(a) Find Hastings
(b) Get food for the travelers
(c) Negotiate with the Indians
(d) He was racing ahead to bring back help.

4. What West Hastings' occupation?
(a) Doctor
(b) Accountant
(c) Shopkeeper
(d) Lawyer

5. What was the hardest part of the trip?
(a) Keeping up with Hastings
(b) Leaving home
(c) Dealing with death
(d) Ascending the Sierra Nevada

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

7. What happened to Virginia's aunt according to her stories?
(a) She became an Indian princess.
(b) She learned how to become a tracker from the Indians.
(c) She fought against the Indians.
(d) She was held hostage by Indians.

8. What was the first bit of trouble the Donner Party encountered?
(a) Horses ran away
(b) Rain
(c) Cholera
(d) Indians

9. What was Sutter's fort like?
(a) It was falling apart.
(b) It was very small, but had enough supplies to fulfill their needs.
(c) It was too big to navigate in one day.
(d) It was like a small city.

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

11. What did the Donners find along the trail when the groups were split up?
(a) Berries
(b) The body of a man from Hastings' party
(c) Belongings from other wagon trains
(d) Reed's body

12. How many miles would the cutoff save them?
(a) 100
(b) 400
(c) 30
(d) 750

13. What did the first group find that pioneers had left the winter before?
(a) A cabin
(b) Food
(c) Maps
(d) Weapons

14. What did the men do to the wagon wheels after crossing the Platte?
(a) They completely dried them out.
(b) They re-greased and re-set them.
(c) They sanded them down.
(d) They added metal to them.

15. What did the skilled explorers find about Hastings shortcut?
(a) It was easier to travel than they had thought.
(b) It was tricky in areas.
(c) It was fine if the travelers were experts.
(d) Traveling it with oxen would be suicide.