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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is caching, according to the emigrants?
(a) Putting food aside in rations
(b) Dumping items out of the wagon
(c) Storing food they found on the trail
(d) Removing furniture and burying it to prevent theft

2. What did Stanton recommend that the group do before crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains?
(a) Rest
(b) Pray
(c) Eat
(d) Grab more water

3. What happened to James Reed after he killed Snyder?
(a) He was hung.
(b) He had to bury Snyder as punishment.
(c) He was banished.
(d) Nothing

4. What did the children suck on to bring forth saliva?
(a) Flattened bullets
(b) Rock candy
(c) Their fingers
(d) Stones

5. What happened to William Eddie's oxen?
(a) They were stolen and killed by the Paiutes.
(b) They wandered away.
(c) They were killed by members of the wagon train.
(d) They died of starvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did James Clyman tell the travelers?

2. What did the travelers use instead of firewood to keep their fires going?

3. How would James keep in touch with his family?

4. Where was the family going to move to?

5. What did the Donners find along the trail when the groups were split up?

(see the answer key)

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