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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How close were the dwellings to each other?
(a) They had room enough for campfires between the buildings.
(b) They put several miles between buildings.
(c) They attached their dwellings to each other.
(d) They deliberately built their dwellings a fair distance apart from each other.

2. How did Virginia described the occasion where she nearly died?
(a) She merely said that her feet were frozen very badly.
(b) She was very dramatic about it.
(c) She didn't mention it.
(d) She wrote that it was a useless attempt right from the start.

3. How fast was the Donner Party moving as they blazed through the Wasatch?
(a) 2 miles a day
(b) 8 miles a day
(c) 15 miles a day
(d) 10 miles a day

4. What kind of soup did they eat daily?
(a) Bear
(b) Venison
(c) Ox hide
(d) Stone soup

5. What did Virginia write about Lansford Hastings?
(a) Sh blamed him for their experience.
(b) She said that she finally met him.
(c) Very little
(d) She said he took good care of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles would the cutoff save them?

2. What did the skilled explorers find about Hastings shortcut?

3. What was the Hastings Cutoff trail like?

4. How did Virginia feel about losing the Pioneer Palace Car?

5. How did Margaret and Elizabeth Graves get along?

(see the answer key)

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