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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) There were to be no Indians within the compound
(c) All outsiders must leave and the fort locked at sunset
(d) No drinking was allowed within the fort

2. Upon Lewis' death, the expedition journals fell into the hands of
(a) Nicholas Biddle
(b) William Clark
(c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) George Shannon

3. Lewis imagined a situation of trade which would allow
(a) Indians to travel freely to Washington
(b) The Indians to remain on their lands
(c) Forts to house Americans and Indians
(d) Americans to be hosted by tribal leaders

4. Jefferson made Lewis a member of
(a) The Audobon Society
(b) The American Philosophical Society
(c) The John Birch Society
(d) The Harvard Botany Society

5. In an unfortunate hunting incident, Meriwether Lewis is accidentally
(a) Lost in the plains
(b) Shot in the arm
(c) Caught in quicksand
(d) Shot in the buttocks

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

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

8. Jefferson did not send a Navy vessel to retrieve the expedition because
(a) He felt it was too expensive
(b) The Navy refused
(c) He wanted them to explore as they returned
(d) There were none available

9. Lewis felt deeply betrayed by the government's
(a) Attitude toward his governorship
(b) Refusal to pay his drafts
(c) Dismissal of his great work
(d) Accusations of fraud

10. The base of Lewis's proposed trading plan with Canton would be
(a) The Walla-Walla tribal grounds
(b) The Yakima trading post
(c) Fort Clatsop
(d) The Nez Perce camp

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

12. The Captains try to arrange an agreement for the Nez Perce to
(a) Pay more respect to Twisted Hair
(b) Move to the eastern side of the Continental Divide
(c) Trade their horses with the Blackfoot
(d) Give up a portion of their horses

13. Unlike the coastal Chinook Indians, the Walla-Walla Indians prove to be
(a) Trustworthy and kind
(b) Independent and healthy
(c) Ready to assimilate
(d) Taller and meaner

14. The Captains decided to ride out some very dangerous rapids, which resulted in
(a) Broken canoes and lost equipment
(b) Old Toby leaving the expedition
(c) The men deciding that Lewis was still unwell
(d) A divide between the two Captains

15. Settling at the coastal fort, the men start a
(a) Whaling expedition
(b) Dock-building project
(c) Salt-making operation
(d) Fishing expedition

Short Answer Questions

1. Bates, who had stood in for Lewis as governor, finally has

2. The Indians almost provoked Lewis to the point of

3. Publication of Lewis' journals would prove to be

4. Lewis wrongly let the Blackfoot warriors know that

5. One of the pleasures the expedition encountered was

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