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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. Where is the keelboat traveling to?

2. What river does the Corps reach at the beginning of this chapter?

3. Who is responsible for piloting the keel boat?

4. What do the captains need during their talks with the Tetons?

5. What covers the ground and makes their progress difficult in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What further problems does the party have with Teton Indians in the fourth chapter?

2. Why does Lewis worry about the construction of the main boat in Chapter 11?

3. How does Lewis save the pirogues in Chapter 7?

4. What happens to Private Howard in Chapter 6?

5. How do the captains try to persuade the tribes to make peace with each other?

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

7. Why is the Arikaras village empty?

8. What decisions does Clark make on November 2?

9. How does the weather in Chapter 11 affect the Corps?

10. Describe the meeting that takes place between the captains and the Yankton Siuox on August 30th.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the Indian tribes Lewis and Clark encounter and examine its culture within the following areas:

1) Language

2) Religion

3) Music

4) Hunting

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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