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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. Who did Mrs. Murphy say they ought to eat?

2. Patty is the following items from everyone except for:

3. How did the native Americans help the snow shoers?

4. What did emigrants do once they realize that they were trapped?

5. How did they stay warm at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the group do when they realize that they couldn't reach a summit?

2. How did Virginia inadvertently help the world hear about what happened to the Donner Party?

3. How did the members of the Donner Party interact when they reached California?

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

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

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

7. What did William Eddy and William Foster find when they went to rescue their families? Who did they rescue?

8. How did Virginia deal with the idea of cannibalism?

9. What happened to Louis Keseberg?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe what the rescuers found when they came across the survivors. What condition were the people in? Use specifics.

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail why James Reed was banished and what the team promised to his family. Then comment on how they treated the family in actuality.

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