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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Mandan Country.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Maha king?
(a) Falcon
(b) White catfish
(c) Black swan
(d) Blackbird

2. What can the Corps see from the top of the hill?
(a) Mississppi River
(b) The White House
(c) Sky scrapers
(d) Buffaloes

3. What does the Corps find on the shore of the Poncha River?
(a) Guns
(b) Starving people
(c) Buffalo carcasses
(d) An empty village

4. What is the Indian women's canoe made from?
(a) Sugar cane
(b) Bear skin
(c) Buffalo skin
(d) Wood

5. Why do the captains think the Arikaras Indians are not in their village in this chapter?
(a) They are on holiday
(b) They are hunting buffaloes
(c) They are hiding in ambush
(d) They have runaway

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal does the Corps catch alive in this chapter?

2. What two animals does Valle say live in the Black Mountains?

3. What was Blackbird killed by?

4. What is the name of the army camp that Captain William Clarke leaves on May 13, 1804?

5. What does the Corps put in the mound where the king is buried?

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