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

2. Although successful in his public life, Lewis failed to
(a) Find a marital relationship
(b) Be a good brother and son
(c) Keep friends for any length of time
(d) Communicate with his family

3. Captain Clark, unlike Lewis,
(a) Married his childhood sweetheart
(b) Married his first cousin
(c) Had several children out of wedlock
(d) Fell in love and married

4. Lewis felt deeply betrayed by the government's
(a) Accusations of fraud
(b) Refusal to pay his drafts
(c) Attitude toward his governorship
(d) Dismissal of his great work

5. Lewis described the Siouxs' ruling passion as
(a) The buffalo hunt
(b) The urge to battle
(c) The love of trade
(d) The love of gain

Short Answer Questions

1. Opening the cache let in 1805, Lewis found that

2. Government officials began to pester Lewis over

3. In an unfortunate hunting incident, Meriwether Lewis is accidentally

4. During his dazed journey, Lewis several times, thought

5. The primary industry in St. Louis is associated with

Short Essay Questions

1. Was it justifiable for Lewis to turn his publishing project into such a huge and complex undertaking?

2. Discuss Meriwether Lewis' response to the fact that some of his soldiers were planning to publish their own journals of the expedition.

3. What may Lewis have been talking about when Mrs. Grinder heard him taking to himself like a lawyer?

4. Why was Lewis desperate to get some Indians to Washington?

5. Lewis experiences pain that far exceeds any he has been through on the trip thus far. Describe the incident.

6. Can we ascribe any meaning to soldiers giving Captain Clark presents for Christmas, and no mention of presents for Lewis?

7. Did Lewis' celebrity go to his head?

8. Discuss Lewis' varied capabilities that made him the perfect leader for this journey.

9. Describe Lewis' desperate act in the spring of 1806.

10. What mistake did Lewis make with the Blackfoot Indians with whom he was trying to make a deal?

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