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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31 Reporting to the President September 23 - December 31, 1806.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the hungry men gorged themselves on dried fish and roots,
(a) Their strength was regained
(b) They put off traveling for another week
(c) They reverted to horse meat
(d) They became violently ill

2. Lewis hoped that the Indians would accept
(a) The ravaging of their lands
(b) American sovereignty
(c) The idea of sharing the buffalo
(d) The concept of trading their furs for beads

3. Lewis tried to spin the bad news that
(a) He and Clark were no longer friends
(b) There was no water passage to the Pacific
(c) He had lost most of his specimens
(d) He was injured and disabled

4. On their journey over the Bitterroots, Lewis and his men found
(a) A few buffalo
(b) A butchered horse left for them by Clark
(c) A lagoon full of fish
(d) Signs of spring

5. Lewis felt that within ten years, Americans would
(a) Easily make the journey across the continent
(b) Settle the west coast
(c) Be the biggest fur traders on earth
(d) Be moving to Canada to avoid taxes

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis planned ahead for meetings with Native Americans by bringing

2. Lewis proposed that all the furs in the northwest could be

3. The base of Lewis's proposed trading plan with Canton would be

4. The Arikaras' island is covered with

5. Mriwether Lewis gathered his specimens by

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