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

2. Shannon stayed lost for so long because he thought
(a) He was chasing the keelboat
(b) The group would make better time
(c) The captain was expecting him to scout ahead
(d) He had been abandoned

3. To follow the large keelboats up the river, the expedition made use of
(a) Paddles
(b) Ski-doos
(c) Inflatable vests
(d) Pirogues

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

5. The most serious delay in starting the expedition was due to
(a) The process of choosing men to participate
(b) The building of the boat
(c) The slowness of the US mail
(d) Having to locate large quantities of dried food

Short Answer Questions

1. The difference between a canoe and a pirogue is that

2. The Shoshones removed their moccasins to smoke with Lewis, indicating

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

4. The most prized and valuable animal found along the river is the

5. Lewis thought that buffalo hair might produce

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