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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the men do to the wagon wheels after crossing the Platte?
(a) They re-greased and re-set them.
(b) They sanded them down.
(c) They completely dried them out.
(d) They added metal to them.

3. What West Hastings' occupation?
(a) Doctor
(b) Accountant
(c) Shopkeeper
(d) Lawyer

4. Where was James Reed from originally?
(a) Missouri
(b) Ireland
(c) North Carolina
(d) New York

5. Independence, Missouri known for all of these except what?
(a) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading east to New York.
(b) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading west to California.
(c) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading south along the Santa Fe Trail.
(d) It was the crossroads for pioneers heading west to Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who possessed the west?

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

4. Why did the travelers want to get to their destination by winter?

5. How did the Murphy clan and the Reeds and Donners get along?

(see the answer key)

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