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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. Mriwether Lewis gathered his specimens by
(a) Making sketches of them
(b) Killing them
(c) Pinning them to the boat's deck
(d) Commanding Seaman to kill them

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

3. The Arikaras' island is covered with
(a) Growing vegetables
(b) Dirt and rocks
(c) Flowers and butteflies
(d) Reptiles and strange birds

4. Old Toby told Lewis that the party could have traveled down a low pass, which would have
(a) Been a great place to spend the winter
(b) Been the best place for hunting buffalo
(c) Brought them right to the Columbia
(d) Saved them seven weeks of travel

5. On some of the worst days of the expedition the men were forced to
(a) Eat berries for dinner
(b) Eat the meat of a colt
(c) Cuddle together for warmth
(d) Pray for their safety

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis felt that within ten years, Americans would

2. On their journey over the Bitterroots, Lewis and his men found

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

4. At Clark's River, or Bitterroot River, the expedition met with

5. Lewis hoped that the Indians would accept

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