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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Virginia write about Lansford Hastings?
(a) Sh blamed him for their experience.
(b) She said that she finally met him.
(c) She said he took good care of them.
(d) Very little

2. What did Aunt Betsy cook in the morning?
(a) Venison
(b) Soup
(c) Shoemaker's arm
(d) A heart

3. What job did John and Edward have?
(a) They cleaned the houses.
(b) They took care of the animals.
(c) They had to bury the dead.
(d) They hunted.

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

5. How did the native Americans help the snow shoers?
(a) They gave them maps to California.
(b) They went and got help for them.
(c) They fed them pine nuts and acorn bread.
(d) They carried them back to the camp.

6. What was completed in 1857, making traveling to California easier?
(a) A cleared trail over the pass
(b) A stagecoach pass
(c) The Central Pacific Railroad
(d) A highway

7. Who is the unofficial untarnished hero of the Donner Party?
(a) Charles Stanton
(b) Patrick Dolan
(c) William Eddy
(d) James Reed

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

9. What was the weather like as the snowshoers traveled?
(a) The sun was starting to melt the snow
(b) Beautiful
(c) Rainy
(d) Miserable

10. How did people learn about the story of the Donner Party?
(a) From newspapers
(b) Radio
(c) Television
(d) Telephone

11. How did Mary Murphy's first husband treat her?
(a) He doted on her and wouldn't let her work.
(b) He beat her.
(c) He expected her to work hard all the time.
(d) He spoiled her.

12. What happened to the teenager who ate a lot of food after surviving?
(a) He wrote about his amazing meal in his journal.
(b) He threw it all back up.
(c) They all laughed in happiness.
(d) He died in agony because his body could not digest it.

13. What happened when Mrs. Reed first saw her husband?
(a) She dropped to her knees in the snow.
(b) She fainted.
(c) She jumped into his arms.
(d) She started to run to meet him, but kept falling.

14. What happened to the people who resorted to cannibalism?
(a) They grew stronger.
(b) They died.
(c) Nothing
(d) They became ill.

15. Why didn't Virginia join the group that went off for help?
(a) She was too young.
(b) They needed her to babysit the little ones.
(c) She became ill.
(d) She wasn't strong enough.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many members of Forlorn Hope survived?

3. Who was the first snowshoer to die?

4. What happened to the dogs that were traveling with the group?

5. Patty is the following items from everyone except for:

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