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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 Looking for the Shoshones July 15 - August 12, 1805.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is important to Lewis that the men consider
(a) William Clark as second in command
(b) William Clark his equal
(c) His authority as final
(d) His dog Seaman, when they eat meals

2. When he reached Louisville, Kentucky, Lewis
(a) Decides to delay the expedition
(b) Meets up with his partner, William Clark
(c) Registers Indians into his crew
(d) Almost gives up the journey

3. Although he is formally educated, Meriwether Lewis returns to Virginia
(a) To coordinate the education of his sister
(b) To manage the family plantation
(c) At the behest of Thomas Jefferson
(d) To care for his ailing mother

4. Andre Michaux was selected to lead an expedition west until Jefferson discovered that
(a) Michaux's interests lay in his own personal wealth
(b) Michaux was under educated
(c) Michaux was incapable of understanding his peers
(d) Michaux was an agent of the French government

5. Proceeding downstream on wet clay, the party found the ground to be extremely
(a) Soft
(b) Smelly
(c) Slippery
(d) Sticky

Short Answer Questions

1. Rather than ascend the Yellowstone, the expedition instead

2. Clark's feet sufferred from wounds made by

3. When Sacagawea recalls the place where she was kidnapped by the Hidatsas, she

4. The keelboat was replaced by pirogues and canoes at this point in the journey because

5. The primary means of overland transportation in the 1700s was

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