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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. What does the Corps put in the mound where the king is buried?

2. Who does the company meet at St. Charles?

3. Who does the man who visits two days before Christmas want to make peace with?

4. What does Clark observe in the distance on July 20th?

5. Who is in command of the keelboat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Captain Lewis help with the delivery of Jean-Baptiste?

2. What is George Shannon's conditions when he finally shows up again in the third chapter?

3. Why does the Corps find it difficult to get across Musselshell River?

4. What do the Indians do when ice appears in the Missouri?

5. What decisions does Clark make on November 2?

6. What does Captain Clark do between the 10th and 12th of July?

7. What does Clark note about the Mandan houses in Chapter 5?

8. How does Clark defuse a situation between a husband and wife on November 22nd?

9. What occurs in the meeting between the captains and the Indian tribes in the second chapter?

10. How does the party indicate to the Indians they are not their enemies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the journals.

1) How did the editor edit and structure the entries of the journal to make it more entertaining?

2) What information do you think the editor decided against using and why?

3) How much of the real voice of the writers is lost by not presenting all the information?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the American Indian''s relationship with the French.

1) What influence have the French had in the development of the USA?

2) How did the French use the Indians to help with their trade business?

Essay Topic 3

Why are white Americans so keen to make peace with the Indians? Why do some tribes react well to the white Americans while others don't? How do Lewis and Clark represent the Indians in their journals?

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