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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 Fort Clatsop December 8, 1805 - March 23, 1806.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis spoke to the Shoshone chief through
(a) Captain Clark
(b) One of his French officers
(c) An elderly woman
(d) A young warrior

2. Lewis was under the assumption that the Shoshones would want to trade horses for
(a) Trinkets and beads
(b) Tobacco and whiskey
(c) White men's guns
(d) Furs and hides

3. For Lewis' men, life at Fort Clatsop in the winter was
(a) Boring, damp and dull
(b) Exciting and surprising
(c) Tense and nervous
(d) Lively with festivities

4. In preparation for the expedition, Lewis oversees the construction of
(a) A large, waterproof teepee for the troops
(b) A large, iron, collapsible boat
(c) Artifacts for trading with Native Americans
(d) Wagons to carry supplies overland

5. Lewis puts into place a number of rules to keep order at the fort, the primary one being that
(a) All outsiders must leave and the fort locked at sunset
(b) No one was to carry a gun around the Indians
(c) No drinking was allowed within the fort
(d) There were to be no Indians within the compound

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis thought that buffalo hair might produce

2. It is important to Lewis that the men consider

3. Settling at the coastal fort, the men start a

4. Captain Lewis has his doubts about Jefferson's hope to

5. France, having transferred the Louisiana Territory to the US, allows the expedition to

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