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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How close were the travelers to the summit when they decided to rest and got snowed in?
(a) 1/4 mile
(b) Three miles
(c) 20 miles
(d) 50 miles

2. How many wagons did the Reeds lose in the desert?
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c)
(d) 3

3. What did Sutter do?
(a) He was a pioneer.
(b) He established a fort and trading post.
(c) He was a hunter.
(d) He rescued people who were injured on the trail.

4. Where did the United States end?
(a) Texas
(b) Missouri
(c) New Mexico
(d) California

5. What was the first bit of trouble the Donner Party encountered?
(a) Rain
(b) Indians
(c) Cholera
(d) Horses ran away

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did they decide to take the cutoff?

2. What did the travelers eat for lunch?

3. What was Sutter's fort like?

4. Who possessed the west?

5. How many people were in the group when it was at its full strength?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did James Reed say that persuaded the man to take Hastings' Cutoff?

2. How did the Native American treat William Eddy?

3. What was crossing the desert like?

4. Why did each family have three wagons?

5. Why was Independence, Missouri so famous?

6. Why did Virginia's father choose to take his family to California?

7. What did Clyman talk to Reed about?

8. Describe what would eventually become known as the Pioneer Palace Car.

9. What happened to James Reed after he killed Snyder?

10. What type of obstacles did people on wagon trains frequently have to face?

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