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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Patrick Dolan die?
(a) He hallucinated and broke away from the fire then died of cold and starvation.
(b) He ate poisoned meat.
(c) He was killed.
(d) He died from infection.

2. How many miles would the cutoff save them?
(a) 750
(b) 100
(c) 400
(d) 30

3. How old was Virginia Elizabeth Backenstoe Reed when the family left Illinois?
(a) Almost 7
(b) Almost 25
(c) Almost 18
(d) Almost 13

4. When did James Reed think they would hit the Sierra Nevada?
(a) By October
(b) By July
(c) By September
(d) By January

5. Where did the United States end?
(a) Missouri
(b) Texas
(c) New Mexico
(d) California

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did the granite rock have in constructing dwellings?

2. Who joined the Donner party as they cleared the trail through the Wasatch?

3. Where did one woman think the rescuers came from?

4. What was Nancy Graves' emotional status after the rescue?

5. Why was sitting difficult for them?

(see the answer key)

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