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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the surface of the desert consist of?
(a) Copper-colored powdery sand
(b) Nipping mites
(c) Salt and alkali
(d) Dust

2. How many miles would the cutoff save them?
(a) 100
(b) 750
(c) 30
(d) 400

3. What did the travelers do before they headed across the desert?
(a) They made hats to protect themselves from sand and sun.
(b) They rested for a few days in the beautiful valley.
(c) They prayed.
(d) They wrote letters to send back to their relatives.

4. How did Tamsen keep the children occupied?
(a) She gave them chores to do.
(b) She made crafts with them out of natural materials.
(c) She had them make up stories.
(d) She told them stories from the Bible.

5. What is cannibalism?
(a) When you are overly aggressive
(b) The eating of human flesh
(c) When you only eat soup
(d) A type of disease that infects children

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the family going to move to?

2. Why didn't the Donner Party see other travelers?

3. How did the Murphy clan and the Reeds and Donners get along?

4. What did the rescuers tell the survivors about Forlorn Hope?

5. How did Pike die?

(see the answer key)

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