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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were in the group when it was at its full strength?
(a) 63
(b) 41
(c) 87
(d) 142

2. How fast was the Donner Party moving as they blazed through the Wasatch?
(a) 10 miles a day
(b) 2 miles a day
(c) 8 miles a day
(d) 15 miles a day

3. Why did Bridger promote the shortcut?
(a) He heard good things about it.
(b) He had been on it himself and thought it was a wise plan.
(c) He believed in Hastings.
(d) He was desperate for the business it would bring as people passed by his trading post.

4. Why did they decide to take the cutoff?
(a) They had a group vote, but they didn't allow the women to vote.
(b) They didn't like the people going the other route.
(c) It was what they planned all along.
(d) Hastings joined them so they had a guide.

5. Why was sitting difficult for them?
(a) There was no furniture.
(b) They were used to moving.
(c) They got too cold sitting in one spot.
(d) They no longer had fat on their bottoms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who went off to find help nine days before Christmas?

2. What did Hastings promise the Donner Party in his letter?

3. How did Tamsen keep the children occupied?

4. What did Virginia write about her father's banishment?

5. How with the group feeling by the time they reached the shore of the Great Salt Lake?

(see the answer key)

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