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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did Reed and Donner use for guidance?
(a) The Emigrants' Guide to Oregon and California
(b) The Oregon Trail
(c) California or Bust
(d) Go West, Young Man - Memoirs of Daniel Boone

2. How did they get the wagons down the canyons?
(a) They pushed them and watched them roll.
(b) They didn't. They had to leave the wagons there.
(c) The men blindfolded the oxen and guided them down with the wagons.
(d) They used rope and tackle.

3. What did Hastings promise the Donner Party in his letter?
(a) They would move quickly through the tough parts.
(b) He promised he would personally escort them through the shortcut.
(c) The way was easier up ahead.
(d) There was food on the trail.

4. What wild animal almost broke into the camp?
(a) Buffalo
(b) Wolf
(c) Bear
(d) Hog

5. What did the men do to the wagon wheels after crossing the Platte?
(a) They completely dried them out.
(b) They re-greased and re-set them.
(c) They added metal to them.
(d) They sanded them down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the families do in the evening?

2. Why did Reed kill Snyder?

3. How many times had George Donner emigrated?

4. What did the travelers eat for lunch?

5. When did James Reed think they would hit the Sierra Nevada?

(see the answer key)

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