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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 Report from Fort Mandan March 22 - April 6, 1805.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meriwether Lewis, on the journey down the Ohio, contracts
(a) Dysentary from spoiled food
(b) Influenza from bad water
(c) Malaria from mosquitoes
(d) Bilious fever from damp nights

2. When the funds were appropriate from Congress for the expedition, Jefferson undertook to
(a) Have Lewis come to live with him in the presidential house
(b) Show Lewis how to calculate latitude and longitude
(c) Gather wagons and guns for Lewis
(d) Have Lewis fully educated by experts in many fields

3. In the Spring at Fort Mandan, Lewis felt that the expedition was really
(a) Halfway finished
(b) Coming to an end
(c) A pipe dream
(d) Just beginning

4. In addition to his detailed descriptions of the plains, Lewis' reports resembled a
(a) Newspaper account of an ongoing event
(b) Chronological fiction
(c) Legal opinion
(d) Promotional travelogue and business prospectus

5. France, having transferred the Louisiana Territory to the US, allows the expedition to
(a) Include foreigners in the group of explorers
(b) Travel through American territory wihout hostility
(c) Purchase guns from the French
(d) Freely trap for fur along the way

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the unique "new" creatures found by Clark is the

2. Jefferson undertook the preparation of

3. It is important to Lewis that the men consider

4. One of Lewis' most prized possessions was his

5. Once they were on the Mississippi, Lewis and Clark decided to

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