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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. Settling at the coastal fort, the men start a
(a) Dock-building project
(b) Fishing expedition
(c) Salt-making operation
(d) Whaling expedition

2. It is important to Lewis that the men consider
(a) His authority as final
(b) William Clark his equal
(c) His dog Seaman, when they eat meals
(d) William Clark as second in command

3. The Shoshones were intimidated by other tribes because they
(a) Lived in an area of sparse game
(b) Were too weak with hunger to fight
(c) Had been ravaged by the Blackfeet
(d) Had no guns

4. Lewis learns from Cameahwait that the Nez Perce Indians
(a) Fished the Columbia
(b) Were well educated
(c) Traveled north every year to hunt
(d) Lived west of the mountains

5. Wild game animals were not afraid of the men, perhaps because
(a) They posed no threat
(b) They talked gently to them
(c) They smelled like other naimals
(d) They had never seen one before

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis was under the assumption that the Shoshones would want to trade horses for

2. For Lewis' men, life at Fort Clatsop in the winter was

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

4. Lewis puts into place a number of rules to keep order at the fort, the primary one being that

5. The Eulachon, which the Clatsops sold to the expedition were

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