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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reputation did the 40 mile desert have?
(a) It was forgiving for a desert.
(b) It was a graveyard for abandoned wagons.
(c) It was more beautiful than other deserts.
(d) It was a death trap.

2. How long did the travelers expect to be in the Great Salt Lake Desert?
(a) 1 very long and hard day
(b) 3-4 days
(c) 14 days
(d) 7-8 days

3. Who did Foster want to kill?
(a) Patrick Dolan
(b) Their Native American guides.
(c) Lem Murphy
(d) William Eddy

4. What was the hardest part of the trip?
(a) Keeping up with Hastings
(b) Leaving home
(c) Dealing with death
(d) Ascending the Sierra Nevada

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the travelers eat for lunch?

3. What West Hastings' occupation?

4. Hw many other people died the night Dolan died?

5. What happened to James Reed after he killed Snyder?

(see the answer key)

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