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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the unofficial untarnished hero of the Donner Party?
(a) James Reed
(b) William Eddy
(c) Patrick Dolan
(d) Charles Stanton

2. Why did Bridger promote the shortcut?
(a) He believed in Hastings.
(b) He had been on it himself and thought it was a wise plan.
(c) He was desperate for the business it would bring as people passed by his trading post.
(d) He heard good things about it.

3. What did Hastings promise the Donner Party in his letter?
(a) There was food on the trail.
(b) He promised he would personally escort them through the shortcut.
(c) The way was easier up ahead.
(d) They would move quickly through the tough parts.

4. What happened to the food that the rescuers had stashed along the journey?
(a) It rotted.
(b) Wild animals had eaten it.
(c) Nothing. It was all there.
(d) It was stolen by Native Americans.

5. Where did one woman think the rescuers came from?
(a) Hell
(b) Heaven
(c) Oregon
(d) Illinois

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the group reach the Humboldt Sink?

2. Where did the United States end?

3. How many people left with the first rescue team?

4. What was the Hastings Cutoff trail like?

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

(see the answer key)

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