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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Sacagawea recalls the place where she was kidnapped by the Hidatsas, she
(a) Breaks down and cries
(b) Becomes withdrawn
(c) Becomes protective of her child
(d) Shows no emotion

3. Lewis spoke to the Shoshone chief through
(a) An elderly woman
(b) One of his French officers
(c) A young warrior
(d) Captain Clark

4. The Captains inadvertently caused trouble by giving the three Indian chiefs
(a) Whiskey
(b) Medals
(c) Beads
(d) Promises

5. Plantation owners constantly seek additional land because
(a) They want to conquer the British
(b) They wear out the soil with tobacco planting
(c) They want more power over the territory
(d) They wish to be free and independent

6. Winter at Fort Mandan was
(a) Extremely cold
(b) Raucous and merry
(c) Fairly mild
(d) Pleasant and comfrtable

7. Proceeding downstream on wet clay, the party found the ground to be extremely
(a) Sticky
(b) Smelly
(c) Slippery
(d) Soft

8. Lewis recommended that Jefferson consider Yellowstone's junction with the Missouri as a site for
(a) The new western capital
(b) A trading post
(c) A military installation
(d) A new township

9. France, having transferred the Louisiana Territory to the US, allows the expedition to
(a) Travel through American territory wihout hostility
(b) Freely trap for fur along the way
(c) Include foreigners in the group of explorers
(d) Purchase guns from the French

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

11. The voyage down the Ohio River starts out slowly because of the party's
(a) Disorganization
(b) Disagreements
(c) Poorly designed boats
(d) Late start

12. Lewis and Clark secretly planned to send three men back to St. Louis to deliver
(a) Indian trinkets
(b) Reports
(c) Artifacts
(d) Credit slips

13. To follow the large keelboats up the river, the expedition made use of
(a) Paddles
(b) Inflatable vests
(c) Pirogues
(d) Ski-doos

14. The men who served on Lewis & Clark's crew were punished for their violations by
(a) The laying on of lashes
(b) Pulling extra cooking duty
(c) Being confined to the ship
(d) Being held in stocks

15. After the hungry men gorged themselves on dried fish and roots,
(a) They reverted to horse meat
(b) Their strength was regained
(c) They became violently ill
(d) They put off traveling for another week

Short Answer Questions

1. Andre Michaux was selected to lead an expedition west until Jefferson discovered that

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

3. Clark's attitude toward hostile Indian tribes was

4. Black Buffalo was a chief of the

5. On their journey back to camp, Windsor and Lewis both

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