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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the hardest part of the trip?
(a) Leaving home
(b) Dealing with death
(c) Keeping up with Hastings
(d) Ascending the Sierra Nevada

3. What did the surface of the desert consist of?
(a) Copper-colored powdery sand
(b) Nipping mites
(c) Dust
(d) Salt and alkali

4. How did the Reed women feel about the trip?
(a) They were very excited about the adventure.
(b) It was going much better than they expected.
(c) They braced themselves for the harshness of it.
(d) They thought they would regret it.

5. What was in the middle of the desert?
(a) A huge cactus
(b) A cabin
(c) A mountain
(d) A lake

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were in the group when it was at its full strength?

2. What did Reed want out west?

3. How many miles would the cutoff save them?

4. How many wagons did each family have?

5. What happened to 13-year-old Edward Breen?

(see the answer key)

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