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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. Which member of the Corps dies in this chapter?

2. What kind of animal almost jumps on Clark?

3. What do the captains give the Indian boys as a present?

4. What is the name of the Frenchman who lives among the the Mandans?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems do the men have in catching the grizzly in Chapter 8?

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

3. How do the captains try to persuade the tribes to make peace with each other?

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

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

6. How does Lewis save the pirogues in Chapter 7?

7. What does Lewis note about antelope in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the differences between leaders and followers? How can a team work well with a variety of individuals? Do you think the Corps works well together?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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