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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 did people learn about the story of the Donner Party?
(a) Telephone
(b) From newspapers
(c) Radio
(d) Television

2. What happened to George Donner's hand?
(a) He had a cut that was becoming infected.
(b) He developed frostbite.
(c) It was chopped off.
(d) It was severely burned.

3. What happened to the people who resorted to cannibalism?
(a) They became ill.
(b) They grew stronger.
(c) They died.
(d) Nothing

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Virginia write such a long letter?

2. How did James Reed revive Patty?

3. What did Louis Keseberg do in California?

4. What lured emigrants to California in 1849 in 1850?

5. How many members of Forlorn Hope survived?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the group members respond when it actually came time to eat one of their comrades?

2. Why didn't the starving people hunt for food?

3. How did they go about deciding who should be cannibalized?

4. What did the Miwok Indians do to help them?

5. What was the Reed reunion like?

6. How did the Donner party story affect emigrants traveling West?

7. Why didn't Tamsen Donner allow herself to be rescued for a second time?

8. What tragedy struck once the first group of survivors made it safely to Johnson's Ranch?

9. Why couldn't all the survivors get rescued at once?

10. Why didn't the Donner families camp with the others?

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