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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to Virginia's aunt according to her stories?
(a) She was held hostage by Indians.
(b) She fought against the Indians.
(c) She learned how to become a tracker from the Indians.
(d) She became an Indian princess.

3. Where did the United States end?
(a) New Mexico
(b) Texas
(c) Missouri
(d) California

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

5. What did the families do in the evening?
(a) Relaxed
(b) They hunted.
(c) They went to bed very early.
(d) Prepared for the next day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to 13-year-old Edward Breen?

2. How did Tamsen Donner women feel about the trip?

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

4. How do people get across the great Salt Lake Desert in today's world?

5. How did the Reed women feel about the trip?

(see the answer key)

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