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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 are prairie dogs rumored to live with?

2. Whose protection does the captain say a warring nation will lose?

3. Which of the following animals does the party not kill in this chapter?

4. What is Captain Lewis still recovering from in this chapter?

5. What kind of animal almost jumps on Clark?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the Arikaras village empty?

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

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

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

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

7. Why do the Captains need to punish three members of the team in the opening chapter?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the journals.

1) How did the editor edit and structure the entries of the journal to make it more entertaining?

2) What information do you think the editor decided against using and why?

3) How much of the real voice of the writers is lost by not presenting all the information?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the Indian tribes Lewis and Clark encounter and examine its culture within the following areas:

1) Language

2) Religion

3) Music

4) Hunting

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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