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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. Even as a private, Lewis is accepted among military officers because
(a) He is extremely capable
(b) He is educated
(c) He comes from a wealthy family
(d) He is a great horseman

2. Lewis feels that Native Americans will become civilized citizens, but
(a) Wishes they would first learn how to dress
(b) Hopes he will not become involved in it
(c) Does not believe African Americans will
(d) Thinks it will take many centuries

3. Lewis learns from Cameahwait that the Nez Perce Indians
(a) Were well educated
(b) Traveled north every year to hunt
(c) Fished the Columbia
(d) Lived west of the mountains

4. In addition to his detailed descriptions of the plains, Lewis' reports resembled a
(a) Promotional travelogue and business prospectus
(b) Chronological fiction
(c) Newspaper account of an ongoing event
(d) Legal opinion

5. Black Buffalo was a chief of the
(a) Arikara
(b) Tetons
(c) Sioux
(d) Omahas

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis' men made wheels to drag their pirogues out of

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

3. Old Toby told Lewis that the party could have traveled down a low pass, which would have

4. Thomas Jefferson appoints Meriweather Lewis as

5. Lewis named many of the new rivers he found after

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What in Lewis' childhood may have contributed to his later accomplishments?

4. Why was it fortuitous that the group encountered the Nez Perce Indians?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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