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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 of the following characters does not go with Lewis to the ocean?

2. What threatens to break the canoes?

3. What prevents the men from sleeping in this chapter?

4. Whose birthday is it in this chapter?

5. What is the main chief of the Indian band they meet in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems do the Wahclellahs Indians cause the party in Chapter 19?

2. How do the captains divide the party on July the 1st in Chapter 22?

3. What problems does the party have getting across the water?

4. Why is the trek across the Bitterroots Mountains so difficult?

5. How do the captains communicate to the Indians in Chapter 16?

6. What does Clark give Yellept in exchange for his horse?

7. How does Clark save the woman in Chapter 18?

8. How does Sacagawea surprise Lewis in Chapter 13?

9. What do the captains name the three forks of the Missouri River?

10. What does Clark do on April the 2nd in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Examine the importance of the buffalo to the American Indians within the following areas:

1) Religion

2) Everyday life

3) Survival

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