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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 her father's banishment?
(a) She only said that he had to go on to California for provisions. D
(b) She said it was fair.
(c) She wrote that his punishment was very unjust.
(d) She didn't write about it at all.

2. When did Mary Murphy get married?
(a) Within a week of her rescue
(b) Within a month of her rescue
(c) Within a year of her rescue
(d) Nine months after her rescue

3. What was Louis Keseberg notorious for?
(a) Robbing the others
(b) Possibly killing Tamsen Donner
(c) Killing Charles Stanton
(d) Starting fights

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

5. What kind of soup did they eat daily?
(a) Bear
(b) Ox hide
(c) Stone soup
(d) Venison

6. How did James Reed revive Patty?
(a) He performed CPR on her.
(b) He yelled at her and smacked her.
(c) He rubbed cold snow on her face.
(d) He gave her crumbs he stored in his mitten.

7. Hw many other people died the night Dolan died?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d)

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

9. How did the survivors respond when they saw the rescuers?
(a) They thought they were delirious.
(b) They rushed at the rescuers demanding food.
(c) They ran away.
(d) They cried.

10. Who did Foster want to kill?
(a) Patrick Dolan
(b) William Eddy
(c) Lem Murphy
(d) Their Native American guides.

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

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

13. What instinctive rule comes into play regarding cannibalism?
(a) People only ate their loved ones.
(b) No-one talked about it.
(c) Members of a family try not to eat their own dead.
(d) They kept their eyes shut while eating.

14. Why was sitting difficult for them?
(a) There was no furniture.
(b) They were used to moving.
(c) They no longer had fat on their bottoms.
(d) They got too cold sitting in one spot.

15. How did Mary Murphy feel after her ordeal?
(a) She was eager to move on.
(b) She felt like they deserved what they went through.
(c) She was very grateful to survive.
(d) She felt as if she had nothing to live for.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Breen's dog, Towser?

2. How did Virginia feel about losing the Pioneer Palace Car?

3. What did Louis Keseberg do in California?

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

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

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