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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Virginia offer her cousin?
(a) The come to California, but choose a different path
(b) To eat all the food she can and always enjoy it
(c) To stay at home
(d) To avoid cutoffs, and to move fast

2. How many members of Forlorn Hope survived?
(a) 4
(b) 1
(c)
(d) 7

3. How many people were in the group when it was at its full strength?
(a) 87
(b) 63
(c) 142
(d) 41

4. What was used to wash the dishes?
(a) They were wiped out with leaves.
(b) They never washed dishes.
(c) Soap and water
(d) Sand or gritty dirt

5. What was James Reed's occupation?
(a) He ran mills and made furniture.
(b) He ran a grocery store.
(c) Farmer
(d) Lawyer

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem did the author come across when writing the full-length novel?

2. Why did Reed kill Snyder?

3. Who joined the Donner party as they cleared the trail through the Wasatch?

4. Why did the travelers journey south after the desert?

5. What was the hardest part of the trip?

(see the answer key)

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