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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the family going to move to?
(a) Texas
(b) California
(c) Missouri
(d) Oregon

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

3. How many times did the company end up fording the Truckee River?
(a) At least 22 times
(b) 5 times
(c) At least 30 times
(d) Twice

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

5. How deep was the snow by the time they reached Truckee Lake?
(a) It was up to their thighs.
(b) 1 foot deep
(c) There wasn't any snow.
(d) 5 feet

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Stanton recommend that the group do before crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains?

2. What did the book they follow mostly consist of?

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

4. Independence, Missouri known for all of these except what?

5. Why did Sarah Keyes join the wagon train?

(see the answer key)

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