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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. What does Lewis put on the canoes to show the Indians they are not enemies?
(a) Chicken heads
(b) Flags
(c) Buffalo heads
(d) Colored rope

2. Who does Captain Clark protect in this chapter?
(a) Captain Lewis
(b) His wife
(c) The Mandans
(d) The Pawnees

3. What keeps the mosquitoes away in this chapter?
(a) Bad body odour
(b) Burning oid
(c) The breeze
(d) Smoke

4. What material do the men use to build huts?
(a) Cottonwood
(b) Cane
(c) Buffalo skin
(d) Pinewood

5. What kind of food does Sacawagea gather for the Corps?
(a) Nuts
(b) Berries
(c) Coffee beans
(d) Sugar cane

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is attacked by a grizzly bear in this chapter?

2. Who gives birth in this chapter?

3. What river does the Corps reach at the beginning of this chapter?

4. Who shows up after 16 days in this chapter?

5. What makes the terrain so difficult in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What occurs in the meeting between the captains and the Indian tribes in the second chapter?

3. Why do the captains want to find La Liberte in the second chapter?

4. How does Clark defuse a situation between a husband and wife on November 22nd?

5. Why does the Corps find it difficult to get across Musselshell River?

6. What happens to Private Howard in Chapter 6?

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

8. What decision does the Court Martial make on Hugh Hall and John Collins?

9. How does the weather in Chapter 11 affect the Corps?

10. What further problems does the party have with Teton Indians in the fourth chapter?

(see the answer keys)

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