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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the first group find that pioneers had left the winter before?

2. What did James Clyman tell the travelers?

3. What was the Caw tribe like?

4. Where did the children sleep?

5. What reputation did the 40 mile desert have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was "The Emigrants Guide to Oregon and California" like?

2. What was crossing the desert like?

3. How did the Native American treat William Eddy?

4. Why did some of the people in Springfield question James Reed's ideas?

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

6. How were tasks divvied up on the wagon train?

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

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

9. Why did each family have three wagons?

10. How did Charles Stanton helped the traveling party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the descendants of the Donner Party feel about their relatives? What reputations did they have to live down?

Essay Topic 2

Address the issue of cannibalism. What was it and who resorted to it. How did they feel about it, and what rules did they have concerning it?

Essay Topic 3

Was Lansford Warren Hastings qualified to write his book? Why or why not? What did the man do for a living and what was he like?

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