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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis and Clark's meeting with Daniel Boone is a matter of
(a) Factual reports
(b) Recorded history
(c) Indians' assumption
(d) Speculation only

2. Mriwether Lewis gathered his specimens by
(a) Commanding Seaman to kill them
(b) Making sketches of them
(c) Killing them
(d) Pinning them to the boat's deck

3. Meriwether Lewis, on the journey down the Ohio, contracts
(a) Malaria from mosquitoes
(b) Bilious fever from damp nights
(c) Influenza from bad water
(d) Dysentary from spoiled food

4. Proceeding downstream on wet clay, the party found the ground to be extremely
(a) Smelly
(b) Soft
(c) Slippery
(d) Sticky

5. On their journey back to camp, Windsor and Lewis both
(a) Determined this was the Missouri
(b) Climbed cottonwoods for the view
(c) Fell down numerous times
(d) Nearly fell into a deep ravine

Short Answer Questions

1. Clark's feet sufferred from wounds made by

2. Of the 5.5 million people in America during Jefferson's time,

3. Among his peers, Lewis is considered

4. Lewis was instructed by Sacagawea that, in Shoshone, "tab-ba-bone" meant

5. In preparation for the expedition, Lewis oversees the construction of

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the perception of the speed of travel in Jefferson's time in 1801.

2. What was the primary reason for wanting to find the Shoshones at this point in the trip?

3. What is Lewis' goal in trying to make peace between the Arikaras and the Mandans? Why does he involve himself in their dispute?

4. Given that he was an educated man, how can we account for Lewis' lack of spelling ability?

5. Discuss the punishment meted out to the two soldiers who drank whiskey while on guard duty. Was it fair?

6. How did the expedition manage to drag its boats over land?

7. What was ironic about the government's response to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794?

8. Explain Lewis' realization when he was threatened by buffalo bulls, a bear and wolverines.

9. Discuss the large keelboat and its journey back to St. Louis.

10. Is it obvious why Clark's commission stayed that of lieutenant and not captain? How did that affect the two leaders?

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