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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What special meal did the Reed children have for Christmas?
(a) Bear meat and beans
(b) Venison stew
(c) Fresh bones to gnaw on
(d) Beans, rice, and dried apple slices

2. What did the Murphy children end out eating?
(a) Hair
(b) A rug
(c) Bugs
(d) Their book

3. Where did George and Jacob Donner and their families camp?
(a) In California
(b) At the summit
(c) At Tuskegee Lake
(d) At Alder Creek

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

5. What job did John and Edward have?
(a) They took care of the animals.
(b) They cleaned the houses.
(c) They had to bury the dead.
(d) They hunted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did emigrants do once they realize that they were trapped?

2. What was completed in 1857, making traveling to California easier?

3. Why was sitting difficult for them?

4. Why did they decide to take the cutoff?

5. How many miles would the cutoff save them?

(see the answer key)

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