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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Margaret and Elizabeth Graves get along?
(a) They were best friends.
(b) They hated each other.
(c) They tolerated each other.
(d) They ignored each other.

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

3. How old was Virginia Elizabeth Backenstoe Reed when the family left Illinois?
(a) Almost 7
(b) Almost 13
(c) Almost 25
(d) Almost 18

4. Who was the first snowshoer to die?
(a) William Eddy
(b) Mary Ann Graves
(c) Charles Stanton
(d) Lem Murphy

5. What kind of relationship did the survivors have?
(a) They gathered together annually to commemorate their survival and mourn those who died.
(b) They deliberately rejected each other.
(c) Most survivors who weren't related didn't keep in touch.
(d) They were more like one big family after the experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was James Reed's occupation?

2. What did the surface of the desert consist of?

3. Why was sitting difficult for them?

4. How did Virginia described the occasion where she nearly died?

5. What did Reed want out west?

(see the answer key)

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