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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. Who does the man who visits two days before Christmas want to make peace with?
(a) His wife
(b) God
(c) The Mandan Indians
(d) The officer he thought slept with his wife

2. What does Captain Lewis provide that helps with the birth?
(a) Forceps
(b) Towels
(c) Rattlesnake's rattle
(d) Painkillers

3. Who are planning to attack the Mandan village?
(a) Buffalo
(b) Pawnshees
(c) Teton and Yankton Sioux
(d) The American army

4. Who is responsible for piloting the keel boat?
(a) Joseph Gravelines
(b) Captain Clark
(c) Captain Lewis
(d) Richard Warfington

5. What is Hugh Hall and John Collins' punishment?
(a) Electric chair
(b) Lashes
(c) Gas chamber
(d) 50 press ups

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Charbonneau's youngest wife?

2. What does York tell the Indians he used to eat?

3. Who does the Corps send documentation and specimens to?

4. What scares the buffalo away from the camp?

5. What does the scouting party have to find up the southern fork of the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clark notice about the mound they climb in the third chapter?

2. How do the captains ensure they are on the right course?

3. Why does the Corps find the terrain heavy going in Chapter 12?

4. Describe the meeting that takes place between the captains and the Yankton Siuox on August 30th.

5. What is George Shannon's conditions when he finally shows up again in the third chapter?

6. What does Clark note about the Mandan houses in Chapter 5?

7. In what what way is the meeting with the Teton Sioux Indians intense?

8. What do the men do when they set up camp on August the 15th?

9. What problems does Lewis encounter on his walk in Chapter 10?

10. What problems does the Teton tribe cause the party in the third chapter?

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