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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Prior to the beginning of the journey, Jefferson issues to Lewis
(a) Marching orders for the expedition
(b) A warning to spend judiciously
(c) An unprecedented letter of credit
(d) A medal for courage and valor
2. Lewis' political leanings favor
(a) Federalist thinking
(b) Socialism
(c) Democrat party
(d) Republic philosophies
3. Thomas Jefferson appoints Meriweather Lewis as
(a) Secretary of State
(b) Secretary of Commerce
(c) Secretary of the Interior
(d) His personal secretary
4. When Sacagawea became ill, Lewis treated her with
(a) Herbal teas and tinctures
(b) Poultices and sulphur water
(c) Quinine water
(d) Alcohol and bleeding
5. Meriwether Lewis, on the journey down the Ohio, contracts
(a) Malaria from mosquitoes
(b) Bilious fever from damp nights
(c) Influenza from bad water
(d) Dysentary from spoiled food
6. In addition to the enlisted men, the group included York, who was
(a) William Clark's long-time slave
(b) A cartographer and explorer
(c) An expert in firearms
(d) An expert hunter and trapper
7. The difference between a canoe and a pirogue is that
(a) Pirogues have flat bottoms and canoes do not
(b) Pirogues tip over more easily
(c) Pirogues have a covering over half the boat
(d) Canoes move much faster in the water
8. What was Jefferson's suggestion to Napoleon regarding New Orleans?
(a) Go to war with Spain to establish possesssion
(b) Cede the area to Spain in order to balance things
(c) Sign the area over to the British to arouse enmity
(d) Cede the area to the U.S. to prevent a war between allies
9. Rather than ascend the Yellowstone, the expedition instead
(a) Cut over to the Columbia
(b) Partied at te rivers' junction
(c) Continued up the Missouri
(d) Stayed on the Marias
10. Wild game animals were not afraid of the men, perhaps because
(a) They had never seen one before
(b) They smelled like other naimals
(c) They posed no threat
(d) They talked gently to them
11. Lewis' attitude toward gold during this expedition was one of
(a) Indifference
(b) Excessive greed
(c) Futility
(d) Hope
12. Lewis travels extensively through the western frontiers in his position as
(a) Army corporal
(b) Stagecoach driver
(c) Military transporter
(d) Paymaster
13. On some of the worst days of the expedition the men were forced to
(a) Eat the meat of a colt
(b) Cuddle together for warmth
(c) Pray for their safety
(d) Eat berries for dinner
14. The men in the expedition were bound by the knowledge
(a) They were making history
(b) They were dependent on Lewis
(c) They might not survive
(d) They needed to return safely
15. Clark's attitude toward hostile Indian tribes was
(a) To do everything possible to avoid a fight
(b) To always take them by surprise
(c) To intimidate the tribes with their new model guns
(d) To alarm the Indians into submission
Short Answer Questions
1. The two captains try to decide among two large river forks, which is the true
2. Clark's feet sufferred from wounds made by
3. France, having transferred the Louisiana Territory to the US, allows the expedition to
4. Winter at Fort Mandan was
5. Lewis learns from Cameahwait that the Nez Perce Indians
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