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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How fast was the Donner Party moving along the Humboldt?
(a) 20 miles a day
(b) 15 miles a day
(c) 10 miles a day
(d) 2 miles a day

2. How did the Murphy clan and the Reeds and Donners get along?
(a) They were like a big family.
(b) They were constantly bickering.
(c) They seemed wary of each other.
(d) They were outrightly hostile to each other.

3. What was in the middle of the desert?
(a) A lake
(b) A mountain
(c) A huge cactus
(d) A cabin

4. What happened to the letters that Bryant sent Reed?
(a) They were given to Donner instead.
(b) Reed laughed when he read them.
(c) Reed never received them.
(d) Reed tore them up without reading them.

5. What West Hastings' occupation?
(a) Shopkeeper
(b) Doctor
(c) Accountant
(d) Lawyer

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Native Americans describe the Sierra Nevada?

2. Why did they decide to take the cutoff?

3. What was the weather like as the snowshoers traveled?

4. Who had given William Eddy the secret gift that he found in his pack?

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

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