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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sight did Reed see as he rode ahead?
(a) He found abandoned wagons.
(b) He found water shortly ahead.
(c) People were unyoking their oken and driving them ahead to find water.
(d) There were corpses on the ground.

2. How many miles would the cutoff save them?
(a) 400
(b) 750
(c) 30
(d) 100

3. Who joined the Donner party as they cleared the trail through the Wasatch?
(a) Charles Stanton
(b) Hastings
(c) Franklin Graves and his extended family
(d) Luis and Salvador

4. What did the book they follow mostly consist of?
(a) Propaganda
(b) Weather reports
(c) Packing lists
(d) Advice for travel

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the interior of the wagon remind Virginia of?

3. Why didn't the Piutes help the travelers?

4. How did the Reed women feel about the trip?

5. What happened when Hardcoop could no longer walk?

(see the answer key)

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