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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. What happened when Hardcoop could no longer walk?
(a) They made crutches for him.
(b) They let him lie in the wagons.
(c) They left him behind to die.
(d) They carried him on their backs.

2. When did the group reach the Humboldt Sink?
(a) In the middle of November
(b) In the middle of October
(c) In the middle of July
(d) In the middle of September

3. What did the Donners find along the trail when the groups were split up?
(a) Reed's body
(b) The body of a man from Hastings' party
(c) Belongings from other wagon trains
(d) Berries

4. Why did they decide to take the cutoff?
(a) It was what they planned all along.
(b) They didn't like the people going the other route.
(c) Hastings joined them so they had a guide.
(d) They had a group vote, but they didn't allow the women to vote.

5. What was the Donner Party running low on?
(a) Ammunition
(b) Water
(c) Food
(d) Strength

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the travelers eat for lunch?

2. What is caching, according to the emigrants?

3. How far into the established route did Hastings Cutoff appear?

4. What was the Hastings Cutoff trail like?

5. How did Pike die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened with Edward Breen?

2. What did the families do in the evenings?

3. Why did each family have three wagons?

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

5. What happened to Mr. Hardcoop?

6. How did the Native American treat William Eddy?

7. Even though Hastings didn't meet them at the Fort, why did they continue to go on to take the Cutoff?

8. How did Charles Stanton helped the traveling party?

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

10. What would they have to do in order to cross a river?

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