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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Donner Party running low on?
(a) Water
(b) Food
(c) Ammunition
(d) Strength

2. What did the rescuers tell the survivors about Forlorn Hope?
(a) They were lost.
(b) They were detained due to badly frostbitten feet.
(c) They were all fine with no problems.
(d) They died.

3. Where are James Reed's pocket watch and Masonic medal displayed?
(a) At Donner Memorial State Park
(b) At Johnson's Ranch
(c) Sutter's Fort
(d) At the University of California at Berkely

4. How with the group feeling by the time they reached the shore of the Great Salt Lake?
(a) Tired but happy
(b) Worn-out and discouraged
(c) Angry
(d) Euphoric

5. What did the Donners find along the trail when the groups were split up?
(a) Belongings from other wagon trains
(b) Berries
(c) Reed's body
(d) The body of a man from Hastings' party

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Jean Baptiste Trudeau poking through the snow with a stick?

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

3. What was Louis Keseberg notorious for?

4. What did Sutter do?

5. How far into the established route did Hastings Cutoff appear?

(see the answer key)

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