2. How long did the travelers expect to be in the Great Salt Lake Desert?
(a) 1 very long and hard day
(b) 14 days
(c) 7-8 days
(d) 3-4 days

3. What disaster occurred while James Reed rode ahead?
(a) His daughter was stung by a scorpian.
(b) His wife was dead.
(c) 16 of his oxen stampeded into the desert.
(d) Their wagon train had been attacked, and the food was stolen.

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

5. What happened to the letters that Bryant sent Reed?
(a) Reed laughed when he read them.
(b) They were given to Donner instead.
(c) Reed never received them.
(d) Reed tore them up without reading them.

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

7. How fast was the Donner Party moving as they blazed through the Wasatch?
(a) 10 miles a day
(b) 15 miles a day
(c) 8 miles a day
(d) 2 miles a day

8. How did Reed react to Clyman's message?
(a) He told everyone they should move out as quickly as possible.
(b) He hugged the man for the good news.
(c) He brushed off the warnings.
(d) He started making weapons.

9. What did James Clyman tell the travelers?
(a) The shortcut was clear for them.
(b) He told them to stay away from the Hastings shortcut.
(c) There were hostile Indians up ahead.
(d) The weather was perfect for travel.

10. How far into the established route did Hastings Cutoff appear?
(a) About a quarter of the way through
(b) Right on the mid-point
(c) It was near the beginning
(d) More than halfway

11. What was Reed going on to do?
(a) Get food for the travelers
(b) He was racing ahead to bring back help.
(c) Find Hastings
(d) Negotiate with the Indians

12. How did Pike die?
(a) He was murdered.
(b) His pistol accidentally fired off as he reloaded it.
(c) He died of infection.
(d) He died of illness.

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

14. What did the men do to the wagon wheels after crossing the Platte?
(a) They sanded them down.
(b) They completely dried them out.
(c) They re-greased and re-set them.
(d) They added metal to them.

15. Why did the travelers want to get to their destination by winter?
(a) They wanted to celebrate Christmas in a new place.
(b) They were looking forward to warm weather in winter and no more snow.
(c) The mother was going to have a baby then.
(d) The deep snows close the mountain passes.