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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What was George Donner's occupation?
(a) Lawyer
(b) Farmer
(c) He ran mills and made furniture.
(d) He ran a grocery store.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Sutter do?

3. What did the travelers do before they headed across the desert?

4. What did Hastings promise the Donner Party in his letter?

5. Where was James Reed from originally?

(see the answer key)

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