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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many states were in the Union in the spring of 1846?
(a) 52
(b) 20
(c) 28
(d) 13

2. What was Sutter's fort like?
(a) It was like a small city.
(b) It was falling apart.
(c) It was very small, but had enough supplies to fulfill their needs.
(d) It was too big to navigate in one day.

3. Who possessed the west?
(a) Native Americans
(b) Mexico
(c) Californians
(d) England

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

5. Why did the travelers want to get to their destination by winter?
(a) The deep snows close the mountain passes.
(b) The mother was going to have a baby then.
(c) They were looking forward to warm weather in winter and no more snow.
(d) They wanted to celebrate Christmas in a new place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Donner Party running low on?

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

3. What wild animal almost broke into the camp?

4. How far into the established route did Hastings Cutoff appear?

5. What happened to the letters that Bryant sent Reed?

(see the answer key)

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