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

2. What city does the Corps head back towards in this chapter?

3. What river does Lewis explore in this chapter?

4. Why are the horses unable to chase animals for any length of time?

5. What kind of meat does Clark say he has grown fond of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the Corps feel such great joy in Chapter 17 when it reaches the ocean?

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

5. Why does Clark name the sandstone structure Pompy's Tower?

6. How does the horseman act strangely in Chapter 14?

7. Describe the journey back home.

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

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

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

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

Compare American Indian culture with white American culture?

1) How do white American culture and American Indian culture clash?

2) What have white American culture and American Indian culture learned from each other?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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