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

2. By the time Lewis reaches Grinder's Inn, he seems
(a) Irrational and deranged
(b) Confident and rested
(c) Drunken and disorderly
(d) To be feeling much better

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

4. The Indians almost provoked Lewis to the point of
(a) Burning their houses
(b) Stealing their horses
(c) Jailing them indefinitely
(d) Shooting them

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Two of the group stayed behind with the Mandans. They were

2. Lewis triumphantly returned to the east with

3. Lewis had trouble adjusting to his new role in which he

4. Lewis proposed that all the furs in the northwest could be

5. Lewis felt that within ten years, Americans would

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sacagawea lose her blue beads?

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

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

4. As governor of the Louisiana Territory, Lewis was in over his head. How did Lewis fail in his job as governor?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. Why did the Captains make the dangerous decision to divide the men into five groups?

10. What were some of the changes the expedition experienced as they came nearer to the coast?

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