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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. In his role as governor of the Louisiana territory, Lewis
(a) Fair and generous
(b) Was lax and ineffective
(c) Rigorous and productive
(d) Loyal to Jefferson

2. As they travel toward St. Louis, Meriwether Lewis feels that
(a) His diplomatic work with the tribes has worked
(b) He would rather stay in Yellowstone
(c) He might never walk again
(d) His entire Indian policy has fallen apart

3. The primary industry in St. Louis is associated with
(a) Boating goods up the Missouri
(b) The production of wheat
(c) Manufacture of weapons
(d) Production of trinkets for Indian trade

4. Settling at the coastal fort, the men start a
(a) Dock-building project
(b) Fishing expedition
(c) Salt-making operation
(d) Whaling expedition

5. When he returned to St. Louis, Lewis wrote an extensive paper on
(a) Trade with the Indians
(b) Love and courtship
(c) Insects and reptiles in the west
(d) Specific song birds of the west

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis seriously wanted to avoid

2. Lewis tried to spin the bad news that

3. Lewis left his estate to

4. Lewis imagined a situation of trade which would allow

5. St. Louis in 1808 was

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Did Lewis' celebrity go to his head?

8. 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?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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