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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the letters that Bryant sent Reed?
(a) They were given to Donner instead.
(b) Reed never received them.
(c) Reed laughed when he read them.
(d) Reed tore them up without reading them.

2. What did the families do in the evening?
(a) They went to bed very early.
(b) Relaxed
(c) Prepared for the next day.
(d) They hunted.

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

4. How did Virginia spend her days after leaving Missouri?
(a) Reading to her grandmother
(b) Steering the wagons
(c) On her pony
(d) Minding the little ones

5. What happened to 13-year-old Edward Breen?
(a) He fell off his horse and broke his leg.
(b) He was murdered.
(c) He died from illness.
(d) He was lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joined the Donner party as they cleared the trail through the Wasatch?

2. What was the Reed wagon later called?

3. What was the first bit of trouble the Donner Party encountered?

4. Who helped with the chores?

5. How many states were in the Union in the spring of 1846?

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