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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 do the Indians give the Corps to eat in the Nez Perces camp?

2. What does the Indian want to steal from Private McNeal in this chapter?

3. What kind of musical instrument does the Corps play at the camp?

4. Who does Clark name the tower after?

5. What Indians does the Corps meet in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the journey back home.

2. What problems do the men endure as they make their way across the Bitterroot Mountains?

3. How do the Indians greet the party in Chapter 14?

4. Describe the problems the party has have with Indians in Chapter 22.

5. What does Clark give Yellept in exchange for his horse?

6. What does Clark tell the Pawnee and Teton tribes in Chapter 24?

7. How does Yellept help the Corps in Chapter 20?

8. What do the captains devise to make their journey across the mountain easier?

9. How do the captains divide the party on July the 1st in Chapter 22?

10. What problems do the Wahclellahs Indians cause the party in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the main concerns in America during the early 1800s. How are these concerns expressed in the journals?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the animals the Corps encounters in the book and examine it in terms of the following:

1) Habitat

2) Diet

3) Survival skills

Essay Topic 3

Examine the punishment and discipline used in the book to keep the Corps in order.

1) Why was so important to keep the Corps disciplined?

2) In what way do Lewis and Clark set a good a example for the men?

3) Why are none of the punished men asked to leave the Corps?

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