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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Of Lewis' many talents, his weakness lay in
(a) Follow-through
(b) Astronomy
(c) Math
(d) Politics

4. Lewis and his small group travel to the headwaters of the Marias in order to
(a) Find out if there is any end to the Missouri River before Canada
(b) Find out if the Missouri River drains into Louisiana Purchase territory
(c) Fish for trout
(d) Locate the stash of supplies they left earlier

5. Complicating Lewis' depression, perhaps, was
(a) The side effects of curatives
(b) His regret over not staying out west
(c) The loss of his father
(d) His ongoing friendship with Clark

6. In his role as governor of the Louisiana territory, Lewis
(a) Was lax and ineffective
(b) Rigorous and productive
(c) Loyal to Jefferson
(d) Fair and generous

7. Two of the group stayed behind with the Mandans. They were
(a) The Field brothers
(b) Dickson and Hancock
(c) John Colter and Captain Clark
(d) Sacagawea and Charbonneau

8. Bates, who had stood in for Lewis as governor, finally has
(a) Contacted Clark with a request for solutions
(b) A heart attack and is forced to resign
(c) Made the decision to resign his post
(d) A public scene and breaks his friendship with Lewis

9. St. Louis in 1808 was
(a) A melting pot of different cultures
(b) The capital of the US
(c) A scene of great poverty
(d) A dangerous town for the French

10. Jefferson's huge expenditures on the expedition were, to him,
(a) An investment in the future
(b) Not as extravagant as they might have been
(c) Exorbitant by any standards
(d) A waste of hard earned dollars

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

12. 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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon escaping a violent situation with Blackfoot warriors, Lewis burned

2. Cut Nose planned to send two guides to the expedition to help them get to

3. Lewis' greatest mistake may have been

4. The federal government has now begun to refuse to

5. Jefferson did not send a Navy vessel to retrieve the expedition because

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