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

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

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

4. Jefferson made Lewis a member of
(a) The Audobon Society
(b) The American Philosophical Society
(c) The Harvard Botany Society
(d) The John Birch Society

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mriwether Lewis gathered his specimens by

2. Lewis tried to spin the bad news that

3. Many outlying Mandan villages are abandoned due to

4. Lewis triumphantly returned to the east with

5. The Arikaras' island is covered with

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