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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What threatens to break the canoes?
(a) Grizzly bears
(b) Logs
(c) Rocks
(d) Icebergs

2. What does the Indian want to steal from Private McNeal in this chapter?
(a) A blanket
(b) A book
(c) A gun
(d) A knife

3. Where does Pryor have to lead the horses to?
(a) Louisville
(b) The Rockys
(c) A lake
(d) A Mandan village

4. Who tumbles down a steep hill with his horse?
(a) Colter
(b) Potts
(c) Lewis
(d) Shields

5. Who suffers from a bad cold in this chapter?
(a) Lewis
(b) Fields
(c) York
(d) Gass

6. What does Lewis use to signal his peaceful intentions to the man on the horse?
(a) A blanket
(b) A gun
(c) A stick
(d) A flag

7. Where does Potts injure himself?
(a) His cheek
(b) His thigh
(c) His hand
(d) His foot

8. What mountains does the party reach in this chapter?
(a) Bitterroot Mountains
(b) Nomadic Moutains
(c) Echo Mountains
(d) Jacob's Moutains

9. What causes the the camp to feel great joy?
(a) The sight of the ocean
(b) A traveling clown
(c) Comfortable beds
(d) A ten hour sleep

10. What is the name of the hill Sacagawea recognizes in this chapter?
(a) Beaver's Head
(b) Conehead
(c) Jupiter
(d) Badger's Head

11. What does Lewis leave behind at Fort Clatsop?
(a) A bible
(b) A flag
(c) A list of the Corps names
(d) A map of their journey

12. Who was the President of the United States when this book was written?
(a) President Washington
(b) President Lincoln
(c) President Truman
(d) President Jefferson

13. Where does Lewis shoot one of the Indians?
(a) The head
(b) The leg
(c) The belly
(d) The buttocks

14. What do the Indians try to steal from the Corps in this chapter?
(a) Tents
(b) Guns and horses
(c) Knives
(d) Clothes

15. What does the Corps name the middle fork?
(a) Lincoln's River
(b) Madison's River
(c) Bush's River
(d) Twain's River

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of fish is the stream in this chapter rich in?

2. What does Clark name the sandstone structure?

3. What animal skin do the Indians offer to trade with the Corps?

4. Which member of the party is reunited with her relatives in this chapter?

5. Which member of the Corps do the Indians attack?

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