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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 Clark say any white man trading with the Pawnees should be?

2. Which European language can the Indians communicate in?

3. Which two members of the Corps accompany Lewis to see the man on the horse?

4. Who suffers from a bad cold in this chapter?

5. Which member of the Corps do the Indians attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What vow does the party break in Chapter 16?

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

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

4. Describe the visit to the Indian village in Chapter 15.

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

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

7. What problems do the men endure as they make their way across the Bitterroot Mountains?

8. How do the men spend their time at Fort Clapsop?

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

10. What do the captains devise to make their journey across the mountain easier?

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

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 3

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?

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