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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Lewis left his estate to
(a) William Clark
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) His half-brother
(d) His mother
2. The Indians almost provoked Lewis to the point of
(a) Shooting them
(b) Jailing them indefinitely
(c) Stealing their horses
(d) Burning their houses
3. The Captains try to arrange an agreement for the Nez Perce to
(a) Give up a portion of their horses
(b) Move to the eastern side of the Continental Divide
(c) Trade their horses with the Blackfoot
(d) Pay more respect to Twisted Hair
4. Although successful in his public life, Lewis failed to
(a) Keep friends for any length of time
(b) Be a good brother and son
(c) Find a marital relationship
(d) Communicate with his family
5. In his role as governor of the Louisiana territory, Lewis
(a) Rigorous and productive
(b) Fair and generous
(c) Loyal to Jefferson
(d) Was lax and ineffective
6. One of the pleasures the expedition encountered was
(a) The hot springs at Lolo
(b) The flat, easy trails through the mountains
(c) The Indian guides' sense of humor
(d) The abundance of Buffalo at Lolo River
7. The primary industry in St. Louis is associated with
(a) Manufacture of weapons
(b) The production of wheat
(c) Production of trinkets for Indian trade
(d) Boating goods up the Missouri
8. Settling at the coastal fort, the men start a
(a) Fishing expedition
(b) Dock-building project
(c) Salt-making operation
(d) Whaling expedition
9. Lewis' underlying goal at this point is for America to
(a) Finally oust Spain and France from the fur trade
(b) Understand the ways of the various Indian tribes
(c) Know the wildlife that existed beyond the Mississippi
(d) Dominate the fur trade throughout the West
10. On his journey to Washington, Lewis wrote to Madison and expressed that he was
(a) Confident his drafts would be approved
(b) Bringing duplicates of his journals
(c) Afraid his illness might overtake him soon
(d) Enjoying being governor of Louisiana Territory
11. Lewis proposed to free up the fur trade by establishing
(a) A dominant relationship with the Indians
(b) Trading posts and forts along the rivers
(c) New laws that would prohibit British trapping
(d) Requirements for trapping licenses
12. Cut Nose planned to send two guides to the expedition to help them get to
(a) The plains at the foot of the Bitterroots
(b) The end of the Columbia
(c) The pass through the Rockies
(d) The falls of the Missouri
13. Lewis proposed that all the furs in the northwest could be
(a) Wiped out by the French soon
(b) Worthless in ten years
(c) Owned by Britain during the next year
(d) Shipped to China from the Pacific coast
14. The Spanish were concerned that because of Lewis & Clark's expedition,
(a) They would lose control of their gold and silver mining
(b) They would lose their fur trading monopoly
(c) Americans would begin sailing to Spain
(d) They would be forced into making a deal with the US
15. Lewis and Clark and Clark's wife planned to share a house in
(a) Louisville
(b) St. Louis
(c) Philadelphia
(d) Virginia
Short Answer Questions
1. At The Dalles, the expedition paid dearly for four horses with
2. The men could tell they were nearing a trading post because they saw
3. Lewis tried to spin the bad news that
4. Captain Lewis has his doubts about Jefferson's hope to
5. For Lewis' men, life at Fort Clatsop in the winter was
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