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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Victoria react to the cannibalism?
(a) She didn't mention it.
(b) The idea of it made her nauseous.
(c) She was very matter-of-fact about it.
(d) She was surprised that anyone would find it abnormal in the circumstances.

2. Who had given William Eddy the secret gift that he found in his pack?
(a) His wife, Eleanor
(b) Virginia
(c) Charles
(d) Margaret

3. What happened to the dogs that were traveling with the group?
(a) The humans had to eat them.
(b) They were let loose.
(c) They were used to guard against wild animals.
(d) They were given to the Native Americans.

4. What kind of relationship did the survivors have?
(a) Most survivors who weren't related didn't keep in touch.
(b) They deliberately rejected each other.
(c) They were more like one big family after the experience.
(d) They gathered together annually to commemorate their survival and mourn those who died.

5. What did Mary Ann Graves become?
(a) A writer
(b) A shopkeeper
(c) One of the first teachers in San Jose
(d) A lawyer

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

7. How many members of Forlorn Hope survived?
(a) 4
(b) 7
(c)
(d) 1

8. Where did one woman think the rescuers came from?
(a) Oregon
(b) Hell
(c) Illinois
(d) Heaven

9. Why did Virginia write such a long letter?
(a) She used her writing as a journal.
(b) She didn't have the time to make a short letter.
(c) She wanted her writing to be a part of history.
(d) She had promised her cousin that she would write to her and tell her about the trip once she reached California.

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

11. How did they help Jimmy Reed travel?
(a) They threatened him.
(b) They carried him.
(c) They encouraged him by telling him that every step he took was getting closer to Papa.
(d) They put him on a sled.

12. How did Margaret and Elizabeth Graves get along?
(a) They were best friends.
(b) They hated each other.
(c) They tolerated each other.
(d) They ignored each other.

13. How many rescue parties left Sutters Fort?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 2

14. What did the Murphy children end out eating?
(a) Their book
(b) Bugs
(c) A rug
(d) Hair

15. What did William Graves believe about when the group's troubles began?
(a) He believed they should have been more aware of what was going on.
(b) He believed it was a test to determine their strength as a unit.
(c) He believed it was bad karma.
(d) He thought it was a punishment from God for leaving Mr. Hardcoop to die. O

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was it a little difficult to read Virginia's letter?

2. What happened to the people who resorted to cannibalism?

3. Why wasn't William Foster tried for the deaths of Luis and Salvador?

4. How did James Reed revive Patty?

5. How did Mary Murphy's first husband treat her?

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