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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37 Last Voyage September 3 - October 11, 1809.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author suspects that Meriwether Lewis was
(a) An alcoholic
(b) A schizophrenic
(c) A manic depressive
(d) An epileptic

2. Opening the cache let in 1805, Lewis found that
(a) His maps and instruments were gone
(b) His written documents were wet
(c) The food was missing
(d) The plant specimens were ruined

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

4. Lewis caught an illness from
(a) His son-in-law
(b) Martha Randolph
(c) Captain Clark
(d) Jefferson's butler

5. 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) Double the size of their group
(d) Explore Missouri country

Short Answer Questions

1. When he reached Louisville, Kentucky, Lewis

2. Jefferson made Lewis a member of

3. Speculation about the eight-month period include the possibility that

4. While on the Columbia, the primary interest of the group was to

5. While Lewis worked on his drawings and descriptions of plants and animals, Clark worked on

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