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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did James Reed think they would hit the Sierra Nevada?
(a) By January
(b) By September
(c) By July
(d) By October

2. What did Reed want out west?
(a) Silver
(b) Land
(c) A new beginning
(d) Gold

3. Where did the children sleep?
(a) In a second story loft
(b) Around the campfire
(c) Under the wagon
(d) On Grandma's bed

4. Why did Bridger promote the shortcut?
(a) He believed in Hastings.
(b) He had been on it himself and thought it was a wise plan.
(c) He was desperate for the business it would bring as people passed by his trading post.
(d) He heard good things about it.

5. How many miles would the cutoff save them?
(a) 100
(b) 30
(c) 400
(d) 750

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the interior of the wagon remind Virginia of?

2. What book did Reed and Donner use for guidance?

3. What was the Hastings Cutoff trail like?

4. Why did they decide to take the cutoff?

5. What was the Caw tribe like?

(see the answer key)

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