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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did James Reed think they would hit the Sierra Nevada?
(a) By July
(b) By October
(c) By January
(d) By September

2. What was James Reed's occupation?
(a) He ran mills and made furniture.
(b) He ran a grocery store.
(c) Lawyer
(d) Farmer

3. What did the book they follow mostly consist of?
(a) Advice for travel
(b) Propaganda
(c) Packing lists
(d) Weather reports

4. What did the interior of the wagon remind Virginia of?
(a) Organized chaos
(b) A stuffed closet
(c) A living room
(d) A garbage heap

5. What sight did Reed see as he rode ahead?
(a) He found water shortly ahead.
(b) People were unyoking their oken and driving them ahead to find water.
(c) He found abandoned wagons.
(d) There were corpses on the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times had George Donner emigrated?

2. How old was Virginia Elizabeth Backenstoe Reed when the family left Illinois?

3. How did Virginia spend her days after leaving Missouri?

4. How did Patrick Breen contribute to the fires at night?

5. How did they get the wagons down the canyons?

(see the answer key)

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