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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Nancy Graves' emotional status after the rescue?
(a) She felt as if she could do anything.
(b) She slipped into a catatonic state.
(c) She was determined to help others through hardship.
(d) She was forever haunted by the horrors she experienced.

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

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

4. Who was the first snowshoer to die?
(a) Mary Ann Graves
(b) Charles Stanton
(c) William Eddy
(d) Lem Murphy

5. What lured emigrants to California in 1849 in 1850?
(a) They wanted to meet the members of the Donner Party.
(b) The discovery of gold
(c) The new railroad
(d) The discovery of silver

6. Why was it a little difficult to read Virginia's letter?
(a) She wrote in Spanish.
(b) The ink smudged.
(c) The paper was torn and mildewed.
(d) Her spelling skills were terrible.

7. Who led the first rescue party that reached the survivors?
(a) Charles Stanton
(b) Nobody reached them
(c) Aquillal Glover
(d) James Reed

8. Who did Mrs. Murphy say they ought to eat?
(a) Milt
(b) No-one
(c) Charles
(d) Towser

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

10. What happened to the food that the rescuers had stashed along the journey?
(a) It rotted.
(b) It was stolen by Native Americans.
(c) Nothing. It was all there.
(d) Wild animals had eaten it.

11. What did William Eddy find in his pack?
(a) Matches
(b) A knife
(c) Crumbs
(d) Bear meat

12. What did the survivors do with the buckskin strings from the rescue party's snowshoes?
(a) They held them reverently.
(b) They used them to tie up their remaining belongings.
(c) They used them to tie the tent flap together so they wouldn't be cold any longer.
(d) They stole them and ate them.

13. What was the problem with Tommy?
(a) He couldn't breathe right.
(b) He couldn't walk through the deep snow, and they couldn't carry him.
(c) His leg wound was infected.
(d) He wouldn't stop coughing.

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

15. Who went off to find help nine days before Christmas?
(a) Virginia Reed
(b) James Reed
(c) Virginia's mother
(d) The snowshoers

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Virginia write about Lansford Hastings?

2. What did Louis Keseberg do in California?

3. How did Mary Murphy feel after her ordeal?

4. Where are James Reed's pocket watch and Masonic medal displayed?

5. What kind of soup did they eat daily?

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