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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 Looking for the Shoshones July 15 - August 12, 1805.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis felt that meeting the Snake Indians could determine
(a) How much meat they could store
(b) Whether they would live or die
(c) The success of the expedition
(d) Whether they could learn to grow corn

2. The two captains try to decide among two large river forks, which is the true
(a) Columbia
(b) Yellowstone
(c) Marias
(d) Missouri

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

4. Lewis feels that Native Americans will become civilized citizens, but
(a) Does not believe African Americans will
(b) Wishes they would first learn how to dress
(c) Hopes he will not become involved in it
(d) Thinks it will take many centuries

5. Lewis' men made wheels to drag their pirogues out of
(a) Bark and mud
(b) Rounded rocks
(c) Cottonwood trees
(d) Oak trees

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Lewis' most prized possessions was his

2. It is important to Lewis that the men consider

3. The men who served on Lewis & Clark's crew were punished for their violations by

4. When he reached Louisville, Kentucky, Lewis

5. Lewis hoped that the Indians would accept

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