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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 do the men name the river near the buffalo carcasses?

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

3. What river runs under the Black Mountains?

4. What draws characters in the morning after it has been smoked by visitors?

5. Why does Clark leave signs for the Indians on his trail?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Corps' stay at the Mandan village.

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

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

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

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

7. What do the Indians do when ice appears in the Missouri?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the Corps want to journey down the Missouri River? Why has the river not been extensively explored before? What are the other rivers' relationships with the Missouri?

Essay Topic 2

What leadership qualities do Clark and Lewis have? What kind of relationship do the captains have with other members of the Corps?

Essay Topic 3

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

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