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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would James keep in touch with his family?
(a) He would leave a note on the trail.
(b) Through seances
(c) He hid along the trail and used sign language to communicate with them.
(d) He didn't.

2. What did Virginia write about her father's banishment?
(a) She said it was fair.
(b) She wrote that his punishment was very unjust.
(c) She only said that he had to go on to California for provisions. D
(d) She didn't write about it at all.

3. How did Mary Murphy's first husband treat her?
(a) He beat her.
(b) He expected her to work hard all the time.
(c) He doted on her and wouldn't let her work.
(d) He spoiled her.

4. What did the surface of the desert consist of?
(a) Nipping mites
(b) Dust
(c) Salt and alkali
(d) Copper-colored powdery sand

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did the company end up fording the Truckee River?

2. What happened to William Eddie's oxen?

3. Who helped with the chores?

4. What did emigrants do once they realize that they were trapped?

5. What happened to George Donner's hand?

(see the answer key)

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