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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19 From Marias River to the Great Falls June 3 - June 20, 1805.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prior to the beginning of the journey, Jefferson issues to Lewis
(a) Marching orders for the expedition
(b) An unprecedented letter of credit
(c) A warning to spend judiciously
(d) A medal for courage and valor

2. Thomas Jefferson appoints Meriweather Lewis as
(a) Secretary of Commerce
(b) His personal secretary
(c) Secretary of the Interior
(d) Secretary of State

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

4. At this point in their journey, wild game is
(a) Difficult to hunt
(b) Scarce
(c) Frightened of the boats
(d) Abundant

5. Mriwether Lewis gathered his specimens by
(a) Pinning them to the boat's deck
(b) Making sketches of them
(c) Killing them
(d) Commanding Seaman to kill them

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lewis travels extensively through the western frontiers in his position as

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

4. Lewis feels that Native Americans will become civilized citizens, but

5. The keelboat was replaced by pirogues and canoes at this point in the journey because

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