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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cut Nose planned to send two guides to the expedition to help them get to

3. Toward the end, Meriwether Lewis' behavior grew

4. Jefferson did not send a Navy vessel to retrieve the expedition because

5. Realizing they had to have a guide through the mountains, the party

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Sacagawea lose her blue beads?

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

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

10. The author speculates, in addition to other possibilities, that Lewis had a combination of malaria, manic-depression psychosis, alcoholism or some other physical ailments. Discuss what may have sent Lewis into depression at this point in his life.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thomas Jefferson gave birth to the idea of an expedition to find the Northwest passage. Write a persuasive essay about any or all of the following:

1) Did Jefferson prove to be a fair weather friend to Lewis & Clark?

2) What did Jefferson do upon Lewis' return to help distribute his findings? Was Lewis properly credited?

3) Did Jefferson get what he wanted out of the expedition, besides the answer to his question about a waterway to the Pacific?

4) Jefferson claims to have known that Lewis had some mental illness all his life. Did he take any measures to help Lewis?

Essay Topic 2

Sacagawea was only one of Charbonneau's wives. Research and write an exploratory essay on Charbonneau:

1) Did the Charbonneau family continue to thrive in the region of the Mandan camps?

2) Are there still Charbonneau's living there now?

3) Was it a custom within the Shoshones to have two wives, or did Charbonneau think this up on his own?

Essay Topic 3

Research and write an expository essay on the rumor/legend/fact that Thomas Jefferson had an affair and a child with his black slave.

1) What is known about this rumor now? Was it true?

2) Have the relatives of this relationship surfaced, and, if so, how much credibility can we give to their stories?

3) Jefferson was never married. Can it be determined whether he was in love with this female slave?

4) Jefferson was known as something of a womanizer. If there is little factual information to support the affair, is it likely to have been true, given Jefferson's lifestyle?

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