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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't the Piutes help the travelers?
(a) It was against their religion.
(b) They were afraid of white men.
(c) They didn't know they were there.
(d) They didn't know how to help them.

2. What happened to Mr. Wolfinger?
(a) He was found murdered.
(b) He became ill.
(c) He went off to find help.
(d) He died from an infection on his leg.

3. What role did the granite rock have in constructing dwellings?
(a) They used it to sharpen their knives so they could chop trees for their housing.
(b) It acted as a wall and chimney.
(c) It gave them a foundation.
(d) They chipped at the granite to make wall coverings.

4. What is caching, according to the emigrants?
(a) Putting food aside in rations
(b) Dumping items out of the wagon
(c) Removing furniture and burying it to prevent theft
(d) Storing food they found on the trail

5. Where was James Reed from originally?
(a) Ireland
(b) Missouri
(c) North Carolina
(d) New York

Short Answer Questions

1. When did James Reed think they would hit the Sierra Nevada?

2. What was George Donner's occupation?

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

4. Why did they consider drawing lots?

5. Independence, Missouri known for all of these except what?

(see the answer key)

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