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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. Lewis described the Siouxs' ruling passion as
(a) The urge to battle
(b) The love of trade
(c) The buffalo hunt
(d) The love of gain

2. While Lewis worked on his drawings and descriptions of plants and animals, Clark worked on
(a) His instructions for the men
(b) His map of the country
(c) The rules for the fort
(d) Getting the men well

3. Complicating Lewis' depression, perhaps, was
(a) His regret over not staying out west
(b) His ongoing friendship with Clark
(c) The loss of his father
(d) The side effects of curatives

4. Upon escaping a violent situation with Blackfoot warriors, Lewis burned
(a) Blankets and foodstuffs
(b) A British musket
(c) Nearly all of the Indians' belongings
(d) The hides under which they had all slept

5. Under Bates' watch, the St. Louis area was having many struggles over
(a) Racism
(b) Land titles
(c) Voting disputes
(d) Governance

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis sent a long letter to Hugh Heney that he hoped would

2. Speculation about the eight-month period include the possibility that

3. Although successful in his public life, Lewis failed to

4. On his journey to Washington, Lewis wrote to Madison and expressed that he was

5. While on the Columbia, the primary interest of the group was to

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lewis' desperate act in the spring of 1806.

2. What were some of the changes the expedition experienced as they came nearer to the coast?

3. Describe the difference between the more northern Walla Walla Indians and the coastal Chinookian tribes, as Lewis perceived it.

4. As governor of the Louisiana Territory, Lewis was in over his head. How did Lewis fail in his job as governor?

5. Did Lewis' celebrity go to his head?

6. The author speculates, in addition to other possibilities, that Lewis had a combination of malaria, manic-depression psychosis, alcoholism or some other physical ailments. Discuss what may have sent Lewis into depression at this point in his life.

7. Discuss Lewis' varied capabilities that made him the perfect leader for this journey.

8. Discuss Meriwether Lewis' response to the fact that some of his soldiers were planning to publish their own journals of the expedition.

9. In what area does the author feel Lewis' greatest talents had lain?

10. What may Lewis have been talking about when Mrs. Grinder heard him taking to himself like a lawyer?

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