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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times had George Donner emigrated?
(a) Never
(b) 7
(c) 5
(d) 3

2. What did the survivors do with the buckskin strings from the rescue party's snowshoes?
(a) They held them reverently.
(b) They stole them and ate them.
(c) They used them to tie up their remaining belongings.
(d) They used them to tie the tent flap together so they wouldn't be cold any longer.

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

4. What happened to the letters that Bryant sent Reed?
(a) Reed tore them up without reading them.
(b) Reed never received them.
(c) They were given to Donner instead.
(d) Reed laughed when he read them.

5. Why didn't the Donner Party see other travelers?
(a) They were on a different route.
(b) Most people head passed through a month before.
(c) The others were still far behind them.
(d) Everyone was avoiding them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the people who resorted to cannibalism?

2. How with the group feeling by the time they reached the shore of the Great Salt Lake?

3. Who is the unofficial untarnished hero of the Donner Party?

4. How did the Reed women feel about the trip?

5. Patty is the following items from everyone except for:

(see the answer key)

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