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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 found it difficult, at the end, to
(a) Say goodbye to Pernier
(b) Make his body die
(c) Leave his loyal servants
(d) To recall all he had done

2. The federal government has now begun to refuse to
(a) Communicate with Lewis
(b) Recognize Lewis as governor
(c) Pay Lewis' drafts
(d) Authorize publication of the journals

3. The men could tell they were nearing a trading post because they saw
(a) Indians with cloth bankets and sailors' jackets
(b) Overweight natives
(c) People with silver jewelry
(d) Different varieties of guns

4. The history of fur trade in America was one of
(a) A constant effort to disempower the Indian
(b) Overtrapping and moving west
(c) Bickering over control
(d) Constant renewable resources

5. In an unfortunate hunting incident, Meriwether Lewis is accidentally
(a) Shot in the arm
(b) Caught in quicksand
(c) Shot in the buttocks
(d) Lost in the plains

Short Answer Questions

1. The Captains try to arrange an agreement for the Nez Perce to

2. The Indians almost provoked Lewis to the point of

3. Toward the end, Meriwether Lewis' behavior grew

4. While on the Columbia, the primary interest of the group was to

5. Lewis and Clark and Clark's wife planned to share a house in

Short Essay Questions

1. It seems that Lewis has had a major lapse in judgment in many respects and his behavior has become erratic. What major political mistake did he make when arranging to send Big White back to the Mandans?

2. Does it seem odd that the Captains and their soldiers had no idea of how they would be rewarded by the government prior to their return from the expedition?

3. What was Lewis' biggest failure?

4. Describe the difference between the more northern Walla Walla Indians and the coastal Chinookian tribes, as Lewis perceived it.

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

6. How do you think Lewis viewed his responsibility toward the governorship of the Louisiana Territory?

7. Why were the two chiefs, Twisted Hair and Cut Nose, angry at one another and how was it resolved?

8. Did Lewis' celebrity go to his head?

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

10. What were two of the worst problems for the expedition at Clatsop? Explain

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