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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the snowshoers think it would take them to get to the first settlement in California?
(a) 6 days
(b) 2 days
(c) 30 days
(d) 14 days

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

3. What did Virginia write about her father's banishment?
(a) She said it was fair.
(b) She wrote that his punishment was very unjust.
(c) She didn't write about it at all.
(d) She only said that he had to go on to California for provisions. D

4. How with the group feeling by the time they reached the shore of the Great Salt Lake?
(a) Worn-out and discouraged
(b) Euphoric
(c) Angry
(d) Tired but happy

5. How fast was the Donner Party moving along the Humboldt?
(a) 15 miles a day
(b) 20 miles a day
(c) 10 miles a day
(d) 2 miles a day

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rescue parties left Sutters Fort?

2. What did the families do in the evening?

3. How did the native Americans help the snow shoers?

4. Who possessed the west?

5. How many times did the company end up fording the Truckee River?

(see the answer key)

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