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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Having an Indian woman with their party signified
(a) A friendly demeanor
(b) A gesture of peace
(c) A wish for trade
(d) A higher intelligence

2. Cut Nose planned to send two guides to the expedition to help them get to
(a) The end of the Columbia
(b) The plains at the foot of the Bitterroots
(c) The pass through the Rockies
(d) The falls of the Missouri

3. Lewis puts into place a number of rules to keep order at the fort, the primary one being that
(a) No one was to carry a gun around the Indians
(b) All outsiders must leave and the fort locked at sunset
(c) No drinking was allowed within the fort
(d) There were to be no Indians within the compound

4. Meriwether Lewis may have misused public funds by
(a) Purchasing opium and alcohol
(b) Drinking and carousing
(c) Buying expensive property for government agencies
(d) Funding his own commercial venture with them

5. Lewis described the Siouxs' ruling passion as
(a) The love of gain
(b) The urge to battle
(c) The buffalo hunt
(d) The love of trade

6. The Spanish were concerned that because of Lewis & Clark's expedition,
(a) They would lose their fur trading monopoly
(b) They would be forced into making a deal with the US
(c) Americans would begin sailing to Spain
(d) They would lose control of their gold and silver mining

7. Lewis seriously wanted to avoid
(a) Any further loss of equipment
(b) Any further exploration of the Marias
(c) Having to turn back again for food
(d) Meeting up with the Blackfeet

8. During the winter of 1807-1808, for eight months Meriwether Lewis
(a) Was writing in his journals
(b) Was busy and productive
(c) Was living in the country
(d) Was incognito

9. Lewis found it difficult, at the end, to
(a) Say goodbye to Pernier
(b) To recall all he had done
(c) Make his body die
(d) Leave his loyal servants

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

11. The Eulachon, which the Clatsops sold to the expedition were
(a) Seven-inch fish
(b) Sea anemones
(c) Mussels pried from rocks
(d) Crabs found in the sand

12. The government refused to pay Lewis' drafts for the return of Big White, ostensibly because
(a) The government could no longer afford his services
(b) Lewis was too confident for his own good
(c) Lewis had not consulted them or gotten prior approval
(d) Lewis had stolen govenrment money

13. For Lewis' men, life at Fort Clatsop in the winter was
(a) Lively with festivities
(b) Tense and nervous
(c) Exciting and surprising
(d) Boring, damp and dull

14. As they travel toward St. Louis, Meriwether Lewis feels that
(a) He would rather stay in Yellowstone
(b) His diplomatic work with the tribes has worked
(c) He might never walk again
(d) His entire Indian policy has fallen apart

15. Publication of Lewis' journals would prove to be
(a) Quick and sloppy
(b) Extremely expensive
(c) Painstakingly redundant
(d) A minor undertaking

Short Answer Questions

1. At 33-years-old, Lewis had become

2. Ironically, Jefferson told visiting Indians that

3. Rather than the expected horses for their food, below The Dalles the expedition found

4. Lewis and Clark and Clark's wife planned to share a house in

5. Thomas Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis

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