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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 did the rescuers tell the survivors about Forlorn Hope?
(a) They were lost.
(b) They died.
(c) They were all fine with no problems.
(d) They were detained due to badly frostbitten feet.

2. What kind of soup did they eat daily?
(a) Bear
(b) Stone soup
(c) Ox hide
(d) Venison

3. What job did John and Edward have?
(a) They took care of the animals.
(b) They cleaned the houses.
(c) They hunted.
(d) They had to bury the dead.

4. How did Mary Murphy feel after her ordeal?
(a) She felt as if she had nothing to live for.
(b) She felt like they deserved what they went through.
(c) She was very grateful to survive.
(d) She was eager to move on.

5. What did Virginia write about her father's banishment?
(a) She only said that he had to go on to California for provisions. D
(b) She said it was fair.
(c) She wrote that his punishment was very unjust.
(d) She didn't write about it at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are James Reed's pocket watch and Masonic medal displayed?

2. What happened to John Breen in California?

3. How did Virginia described the occasion where she nearly died?

4. What did Virginia write about Lansford Hastings?

5. How did they help Jimmy Reed travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the group do when they realize that they couldn't reach a summit?

2. What did they decide to do for food in order to survive?

3. How did the group members respond when it actually came time to eat one of their comrades?

4. What was happening to the group morale?

5. What happened to the members of the Reed family?

6. What tragedy struck once the first group of survivors made it safely to Johnson's Ranch?

7. How did Virginia inadvertently help the world hear about what happened to the Donner Party?

8. How did Virginia tell her cousin about the personal atrocities that happened on the trail?

9. Why didn't the Donner families camp with the others?

10. How did they go about deciding who should be cannibalized?

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