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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the first group find that pioneers had left the winter before?
(a) A cabin
(b) Maps
(c) Weapons
(d) Food

4. How far into the established route did Hastings Cutoff appear?
(a) About a quarter of the way through
(b) More than halfway
(c) It was near the beginning
(d) Right on the mid-point

5. What wild animal almost broke into the camp?
(a) Bear
(b) Wolf
(c) Hog
(d) Buffalo

Short Answer Questions

1. How with the group feeling by the time they reached the shore of the Great Salt Lake?

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

3. What happened to Virginia's aunt according to her stories?

4. How long did the travelers expect to be in the Great Salt Lake Desert?

5. How did the Reed women feel about the trip?

(see the answer key)

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