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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to William Eddie's oxen?
(a) They died of starvation.
(b) They wandered away.
(c) They were stolen and killed by the Paiutes.
(d) They were killed by members of the wagon train.

2. What did James Clyman tell the travelers?
(a) There were hostile Indians up ahead.
(b) The weather was perfect for travel.
(c) He told them to stay away from the Hastings shortcut.
(d) The shortcut was clear for them.

3. What happened when Hardcoop could no longer walk?
(a) They left him behind to die.
(b) They let him lie in the wagons.
(c) They made crutches for him.
(d) They carried him on their backs.

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

5. What is caching, according to the emigrants?
(a) Removing furniture and burying it to prevent theft
(b) Putting food aside in rations
(c) Dumping items out of the wagon
(d) Storing food they found on the trail

Short Answer Questions

1. What was used to wash the dishes?

2. What was the Reed wagon later called?

3. How deep was the snow by the time they reached Truckee Lake?

4. How with the group feeling by the time they reached the shore of the Great Salt Lake?

5. How close were the travelers to the summit when they decided to rest and got snowed in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the idea behind "manifest destiny."

2. What happened to James Reed after he killed Snyder?

3. What happened to the group as they reached near the summit of Sierra Nevada?

4. Why did some of the people in Springfield question James Reed's ideas?

5. How did the Native American treat William Eddy?

6. What did the families do in the evenings?

7. What was crossing the desert like?

8. What did Clyman talk to Reed about?

9. How many miles a day did the Donner Party plan to go, and what with their actual pace?

10. What happened to the oxen during the six days it took to get through the desert?

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