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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. The primary means of overland transportation in the 1700s was
(a) Crude highways
(b) Waterways
(c) Antique automobiles
(d) Horse-drawn carriage

2. Once they were on the Mississippi, Lewis and Clark decided to
(a) Make a side trip to Santa Fe
(b) Study the design of Fulton's steamboat
(c) Explore Missouri country
(d) Double the size of their group

3. When Sacagawea recalls the place where she was kidnapped by the Hidatsas, she
(a) Becomes protective of her child
(b) Shows no emotion
(c) Becomes withdrawn
(d) Breaks down and cries

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The two captains try to decide among two large river forks, which is the true

2. On some of the worst days of the expedition the men were forced to

3. Twisted Hair was a

4. Captain Clark's commission named him only as a

5. Lewis and Clark secretly planned to send three men back to St. Louis to deliver

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Shoshones hesitate to go with Lewis to meet Clark and help the expedition over the Lemhi River?

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

3. Was Sacagawea treated with the respect she was due?

4. Describe the irony in Lewis' attitude toward Native Americans and African Americans.

5. Why was Jefferson so interested in exploring the West?

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

7. Why is Sacagawea's presence valuable to the expedition?

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

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

10. Why did it take so long for Lewis' keelboat to be built?

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