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

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. How long did it take the group to prepare to travel?
(a) Two years
(b) Several months
(c) A week
(d) Two days

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

4. What did the skilled explorers find about Hastings shortcut?
(a) It was tricky in areas.
(b) Traveling it with oxen would be suicide.
(c) It was easier to travel than they had thought.
(d) It was fine if the travelers were experts.

5. How did Tamsen Donner women feel about the trip?
(a) She braced herself for the harshness of it.
(b) She thought it would be to their advantage.
(c) She thought it was going much better than expected.
(d) She thought they would regret it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the note from Hastings on the stick say?

2. What did the men do to the wagon wheels after crossing the Platte?

3. Who possessed the west?

4. What was the Reed wagon later called?

5. How many times had George Donner emigrated?

(see the answer key)

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