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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. Government officials began to pester Lewis over
(a) The unnecessary supplies he had purchased
(b) The slowness in getting his manuscripts published
(c) The amount of the drafts presented for payment
(d) The personal time he had charged for

2. Cut Nose planned to send two guides to the expedition to help them get to
(a) The pass through the Rockies
(b) The falls of the Missouri
(c) The plains at the foot of the Bitterroots
(d) The end of the Columbia

3. Lewis wrongly let the Blackfoot warriors know that
(a) He had guns and liquor back at camp
(b) Their enemies had organized an alliance with America
(c) His horses numbered in the hundreds
(d) His men had killed many buffalo

4. The Spanish were concerned that because of Lewis & Clark's expedition,
(a) They would be forced into making a deal with the US
(b) They would lose their fur trading monopoly
(c) They would lose control of their gold and silver mining
(d) Americans would begin sailing to Spain

5. Lewis triumphantly returned to the east with
(a) All his men in good health
(b) Leftover supplies
(c) Just a few men left
(d) Half of the men ill or deceased

Short Answer Questions

1. Bates, who had stood in for Lewis as governor, finally has

2. During the winter of 1807-1808, for eight months Meriwether Lewis

3. Thomas Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis

4. Lewis and his small group travel to the headwaters of the Marias in order to

5. Complicating Lewis' depression, perhaps, was

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was General Clark upset with his loyal slave, York?

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

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

4. What was the intention behind Lewis' last voyage?

5. In what area does the author feel Lewis' greatest talents had lain?

6. Describe Lewis' grand scheme for American fur trading.

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

8. Explain Lewis' maneuvering when he arrived in St. Louis, with respect to communicating about the expedition.

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

10. What is it that begins to finally destroy Lewis financially?

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