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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) Ascending the Sierra Nevada
(b) Leaving home
(c) Dealing with death
(d) Keeping up with Hastings

2. How many wagons did the Reeds lose in the desert?
(a) 1
(b)
(c) 3
(d) 2

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

4. How many states were in the Union in the spring of 1846?
(a) 52
(b) 28
(c) 13
(d) 20

5. What was Reed going on to do?
(a) Find Hastings
(b) Negotiate with the Indians
(c) He was racing ahead to bring back help.
(d) Get food for the travelers

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the children sleep?

2. What did the children suck on to bring forth saliva?

3. What West Hastings' occupation?

4. What did the interior of the wagon remind Virginia of?

5. How did Tamsen Donner women feel about the trip?

(see the answer key)

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