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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 did Mary Ann Graves become?
(a) A writer
(b) A lawyer
(c) One of the first teachers in San Jose
(d) A shopkeeper
2. How did the rescue party find the survivors?
(a) They followed trails.
(b) They used a detailed map.
(c) They asked the Native Americans.
(d) They saw the swirls of smoke coming from the cabins.
3. Who went off to find help nine days before Christmas?
(a) Virginia Reed
(b) Virginia's mother
(c) The snowshoers
(d) James Reed
4. Why didn't the Piutes help the travelers?
(a) They didn't know how to help them.
(b) They didn't know they were there.
(c) It was against their religion.
(d) They were afraid of white men.
5. How did Victoria react to the cannibalism?
(a) She didn't mention it.
(b) She was surprised that anyone would find it abnormal in the circumstances.
(c) She was very matter-of-fact about it.
(d) The idea of it made her nauseous.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Louis Keseberg do in California?
2. Why did Margaret trust Glover?
3. What happened to John Breen in California?
4. What happened to the teenager who ate a lot of food after surviving?
5. How did Virginia feel about losing the Pioneer Palace Car?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Virginia tell her cousin about the personal atrocities that happened on the trail?
2. What tragedy struck once the first group of survivors made it safely to Johnson's Ranch?
3. How did the Donner party story affect emigrants traveling West?
4. How did they go about deciding who should be cannibalized?
5. How did the members of the Donner Party interact when they reached California?
6. How did the group members respond when it actually came time to eat one of their comrades?
7. What troubles did they face as they waited out the winter?
8. How many people were stuck camping near the lake, and how many people went off to find help nine days before Christmas?
9. What was the Reed reunion like?
10. What did William Eddy and William Foster find when they went to rescue their families? Who did they rescue?
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