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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 Fort Clatsop December 8, 1805 - March 23, 1806.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rather than ascend the Yellowstone, the expedition instead
(a) Stayed on the Marias
(b) Partied at te rivers' junction
(c) Continued up the Missouri
(d) Cut over to the Columbia

2. Lewis learns from Cameahwait that the Nez Perce Indians
(a) Were well educated
(b) Fished the Columbia
(c) Lived west of the mountains
(d) Traveled north every year to hunt

3. Lewis was instructed by Sacagawea that, in Shoshone, "tab-ba-bone" meant
(a) White man
(b) We want peace
(c) We are hungry
(d) Let us trade

4. Shannon stayed lost for so long because he thought
(a) The captain was expecting him to scout ahead
(b) The group would make better time
(c) He had been abandoned
(d) He was chasing the keelboat

5. The difference between a canoe and a pirogue is that
(a) Pirogues tip over more easily
(b) Canoes move much faster in the water
(c) Pirogues have flat bottoms and canoes do not
(d) Pirogues have a covering over half the boat

Short Answer Questions

1. The Shoshones were intimidated by other tribes because they

2. Settling at the coastal fort, the men start a

3. At this point in their journey, wild game is

4. The Eulachon, which the Clatsops sold to the expedition were

5. Prior to the beginning of the journey, Jefferson issues to Lewis

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