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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis worry about finding material to make?

2. Where is the keelboat traveling to?

3. What is the river bottom covered with?

4. What kind of animal in America catches the antelope when it enters the water?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Captain Clark do between the 10th and 12th of July?

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

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

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

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

7. How does the party indicate to the Indians they are not their enemies?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why are white Americans so keen to make peace with the Indians? Why do some tribes react well to the white Americans while others don't? How do Lewis and Clark represent the Indians in their journals?

Essay Topic 2

What were the main concerns in America during the early 1800s. How are these concerns expressed in the journals?

Essay Topic 3

What does the buffalo symbolize in American culture? How does the buffalo symbolize different things to the American Indians than it does to the American whites?

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