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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At 33-years-old, Lewis had become
(a) A gentleman farmer
(b) A recluse
(c) A major celebrity
(d) A loyal family member

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

4. When he returned to St. Louis, Lewis wrote an extensive paper on
(a) Trade with the Indians
(b) Insects and reptiles in the west
(c) Specific song birds of the west
(d) Love and courtship

5. By the time Lewis reaches Grinder's Inn, he seems
(a) To be feeling much better
(b) Drunken and disorderly
(c) Confident and rested
(d) Irrational and deranged

6. Lewis idealistically thought that the Indians and white Americans would come together through
(a) Spirituality
(b) Acceptance
(c) Commerce
(d) Ideology

7. Thomas Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis
(a) Speaker of the House
(b) As governor of the Lousiana Territory
(c) Secretary of State
(d) Secretary of the Interior

8. Rather than the expected horses for their food, below The Dalles the expedition found
(a) Only beaver
(b) Only dogs
(c) Only vegetation
(d) Only dried fish

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

10. Lewis caught an illness from
(a) Jefferson's butler
(b) Captain Clark
(c) Martha Randolph
(d) His son-in-law

11. Lewis and Clark break the expedition up in groups to
(a) Find food and grass
(b) Perform different assignments
(c) Lighten the loads
(d) Document wildlife

12. Captain Lewis has his doubts about Jefferson's hope to
(a) Bring Indian chiefs to Washington
(b) Incorporate Indians into the body politic
(c) Pick the men up by ship
(d) Learn about Western wildlife

13. On his journey to Washington, Lewis wrote to Madison and expressed that he was
(a) Afraid his illness might overtake him soon
(b) Confident his drafts would be approved
(c) Bringing duplicates of his journals
(d) Enjoying being governor of Louisiana Territory

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ironically, Jefferson told visiting Indians that

2. Under Bates' watch, the St. Louis area was having many struggles over

3. The Spanish were concerned that because of Lewis & Clark's expedition,

4. Speculation about the eight-month period include the possibility that

5. Unlike the coastal Chinook Indians, the Walla-Walla Indians prove to be

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