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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How deep was the snow by the time they reached Truckee Lake?
(a) It was up to their thighs.
(b) There wasn't any snow.
(c) 5 feet
(d) 1 foot deep

2. What is caching, according to the emigrants?
(a) Putting food aside in rations
(b) Storing food they found on the trail
(c) Dumping items out of the wagon
(d) Removing furniture and burying it to prevent theft

3. Why didn't the Donner Party see other travelers?
(a) They were on a different route.
(b) Everyone was avoiding them.
(c) Most people head passed through a month before.
(d) The others were still far behind them.

4. Independence, Missouri known for all of these except what?
(a) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading east to New York.
(b) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading south along the Santa Fe Trail.
(c) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading west to Oregon.
(d) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading west to California.

5. Why did they consider drawing lots?
(a) To see who would go ahead alone to find help
(b) To see who should die so the others could live
(c) To see who would go without dinner
(d) To see who would be in charge of tending the fire throughout the night

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did James Clyman tell the travelers?

3. Who is the unofficial untarnished hero of the Donner Party?

4. What was Reed going on to do?

5. What instinctive rule comes into play regarding cannibalism?

(see the answer key)

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