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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did people learn about the story of the Donner Party?
(a) Telephone
(b) Radio
(c) Television
(d) From newspapers

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

4. How many people were in the group when it was at its full strength?
(a) 41
(b) 63
(c) 87
(d) 142

5. How with the group feeling by the time they reached the shore of the Great Salt Lake?
(a) Euphoric
(b) Tired but happy
(c) Angry
(d) Worn-out and discouraged

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to 13-year-old Edward Breen?

3. When did James Reed think they would hit the Sierra Nevada?

4. How close were the dwellings to each other?

5. How did Margaret and Elizabeth Graves get along?

(see the answer key)

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