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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many wagons did the Reeds lose in the desert?
(a)
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 2

4. Who joined the Donner party as they cleared the trail through the Wasatch?
(a) Hastings
(b) Franklin Graves and his extended family
(c) Charles Stanton
(d) Luis and Salvador

5. Why did they decide to take the cutoff?
(a) They didn't like the people going the other route.
(b) They had a group vote, but they didn't allow the women to vote.
(c) It was what they planned all along.
(d) Hastings joined them so they had a guide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Donner Party running low on?

2. What happened to Virginia's aunt according to her stories?

3. What did the travelers eat for lunch?

4. What was used to wash the dishes?

5. What did Sutter do?

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