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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. France, having transferred the Louisiana Territory to the US, allows the expedition to
(a) Purchase guns from the French
(b) Travel through American territory wihout hostility
(c) Freely trap for fur along the way
(d) Include foreigners in the group of explorers

2. Lewis was instructed by Sacagawea that, in Shoshone, "tab-ba-bone" meant
(a) We are hungry
(b) White man
(c) We want peace
(d) Let us trade

3. Rather than ascend the Yellowstone, the expedition instead
(a) Stayed on the Marias
(b) Partied at te rivers' junction
(c) Continued up the Missouri
(d) Cut over to the Columbia

4. Of the 5.5 million people in America during Jefferson's time,
(a) Slaves were the dominant population
(b) Approximately one million were slaves
(c) Slaves form the dominant group in the west
(d) Only one thousan were slaves

5. Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Jefferson's families have this in common.
(a) They are second cousins
(b) They own plantations in Virginia
(c) They both are avid slaveowners
(d) They smoke fresh-picked tobacco

Short Answer Questions

1. Plantation owners constantly seek additional land because

2. The most serious delay in starting the expedition was due to

3. As Jefferson's protege, Lewis had the honor of

4. Because Lewis' iron-frame boat failed, Clark directed the men to

5. Clark's feet sufferred from wounds made by

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lewis' plan at this point for the remainder of the trip?

2. Discuss Lewis' mental meanderings on his 32nd birthday.

3. Why was progress down the Ohio River so abominably slow?

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

5. What caused the expedition's "portage" period to be longer than expected?

6. Did Jefferson see something special in Meriwether Lewis?

7. The trip through the Bitterroot Mountains is a particularly gruesome time or the expedition. Starvation, rough terrain, cold and illness forces the men to take desperate measures. What were they and why didn't the expedition turn back?

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

9. Why were the Captains' gifts considered insufficient by the Teton Sioux Indians?

10. What happened to Lewis' beloved iron-frame boat?

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