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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. Lewis tells Jefferson that the Snake Indians have large quantities of
(a) Buffalo
(b) Horses
(c) Corn
(d) Furs

2. Once they were on the Mississippi, Lewis and Clark decided to
(a) Make a side trip to Santa Fe
(b) Study the design of Fulton's steamboat
(c) Explore Missouri country
(d) Double the size of their group

3. Lewis travels extensively through the western frontiers in his position as
(a) Paymaster
(b) Army corporal
(c) Stagecoach driver
(d) Military transporter

4. Lewis recommended that Jefferson consider Yellowstone's junction with the Missouri as a site for
(a) The new western capital
(b) A trading post
(c) A new township
(d) A military installation

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It is important to Lewis that the men consider

2. Shannon stayed lost for so long because he thought

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

4. Meriwether Lewis, on the journey down the Ohio, contracts

5. The most serious delay in starting the expedition was due to

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