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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What warning had Hastings put in his book?
(a) They shouldn't take the shortcut with wagons.
(b) Emigrants should arrive in Independence, Missouri, on or before April 15.
(c) Emigrants shouldn't travel with young children.
(d) They shouldn't take the shortcut unless they were desperate.

3. What happened to the surviving oxen?
(a) They were slaughtered for food and for their hides.
(b) They were killed one by one as time progressed and people got hungry.
(c) They built a barn for them.
(d) They were set free.

4. How many wagons did each family have?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 5

5. How did they help Jimmy Reed travel?
(a) They threatened him.
(b) They encouraged him by telling him that every step he took was getting closer to Papa.
(c) They put him on a sled.
(d) They carried him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Aunt Betsy cook in the morning?

3. What happened to 13-year-old Edward Breen?

4. What did the skilled explorers find about Hastings shortcut?

5. Hw many other people died the night Dolan died?

(see the answer key)

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