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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happened to Virginia's aunt according to her stories?
(a) She became an Indian princess.
(b) She learned how to become a tracker from the Indians.
(c) She was held hostage by Indians.
(d) She fought against the Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the first group find that pioneers had left the winter before?

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

3. How long did it take the group to prepare to travel?

4. What was in the middle of the desert?

5. Who possessed the west?

(see the answer key)

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