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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to his detailed descriptions of the plains, Lewis' reports resembled a
(a) Newspaper account of an ongoing event
(b) Legal opinion
(c) Promotional travelogue and business prospectus
(d) Chronological fiction

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

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

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

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

6. The Arikaras' island is covered with
(a) Flowers and butteflies
(b) Growing vegetables
(c) Reptiles and strange birds
(d) Dirt and rocks

7. Many outlying Mandan villages are abandoned due to
(a) Seasonal hunting
(b) Inclement weather
(c) Smallpox
(d) War among tribes

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

9. Lewis learns from Cameahwait that the Nez Perce Indians
(a) Traveled north every year to hunt
(b) Fished the Columbia
(c) Were well educated
(d) Lived west of the mountains

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

11. The most prized and valuable animal found along the river is the
(a) Elk
(b) Beaver
(c) Wolf
(d) Antelope

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

13. The strange gunshot-type noise that came regularly from the northwest
(a) Has never been explained
(b) Was a tribe of advanced Indians
(c) Was a member of the expedition signalling them
(d) Was Sacagawea's family looking for her

14. Lewis and Clark's meeting with Daniel Boone is a matter of
(a) Recorded history
(b) Factual reports
(c) Indians' assumption
(d) Speculation only

15. Shannon stayed lost for so long because he thought
(a) The captain was expecting him to scout ahead
(b) He had been abandoned
(c) He was chasing the keelboat
(d) The group would make better time

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis was instructed by Sacagawea that, in Shoshone, "tab-ba-bone" meant

2. As Jefferson's protege, Lewis had the honor of

3. Lewis realized that he was facing sixteen miles of portage, meaning

4. Once they were on the Mississippi, Lewis and Clark decided to

5. Lewis' political leanings favor

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