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

2. Rather than ascend the Yellowstone, the expedition instead
(a) Partied at te rivers' junction
(b) Stayed on the Marias
(c) Cut over to the Columbia
(d) Continued up the Missouri

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

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

5. At Clark's River, or Bitterroot River, the expedition met with
(a) Ross Indians
(b) Samish Indians
(c) Modoc Indians
(d) Shoshone squaws

Short Answer Questions

1. Neither Captain took Sacagawea along to meet the Indians

2. Realizing they had to have a guide through the mountains, the party

3. Lewis wrongly let the Blackfoot warriors know that

4. Proceeding downstream on wet clay, the party found the ground to be extremely

5. Ironically, Jefferson told visiting Indians that

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