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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33 Philadelphia April - July 1807.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Government officials began to pester Lewis over
(a) The personal time he had charged for
(b) The slowness in getting his manuscripts published
(c) The amount of the drafts presented for payment
(d) The unnecessary supplies he had purchased

2. On their journey over the Bitterroots, Lewis and his men found
(a) A few buffalo
(b) A butchered horse left for them by Clark
(c) A lagoon full of fish
(d) Signs of spring

3. Jefferson's huge expenditures on the expedition were, to him,
(a) A waste of hard earned dollars
(b) Exorbitant by any standards
(c) Not as extravagant as they might have been
(d) An investment in the future

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

5. The Indians almost provoked Lewis to the point of
(a) Stealing their horses
(b) Jailing them indefinitely
(c) Burning their houses
(d) Shooting them

Short Answer Questions

1. The primary means of overland transportation in the 1700s was

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

3. In the Spring at Fort Mandan, Lewis felt that the expedition was really

4. Lewis learns from Cameahwait that the Nez Perce Indians

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

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