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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the travelers eat for lunch?
(a) Bread and beef jerkey
(b) Grits
(c) Fish
(d) Venison

2. What did Reed want out west?
(a) Silver
(b) Gold
(c) A new beginning
(d) Land

3. How did the Reed women feel about the trip?
(a) It was going much better than they expected.
(b) They thought they would regret it.
(c) They were very excited about the adventure.
(d) They braced themselves for the harshness of it.

4. What did the families do in the evening?
(a) They hunted.
(b) Prepared for the next day.
(c) They went to bed very early.
(d) Relaxed

5. How did Tamsen Donner women feel about the trip?
(a) She thought it was going much better than expected.
(b) She thought they would regret it.
(c) She thought it would be to their advantage.
(d) She braced herself for the harshness of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who possessed the west?

2. Where did the United States end?

3. Independence, Missouri known for all of these except what?

4. Where did the children sleep?

5. How old was Virginia Elizabeth Backenstoe Reed when the family left Illinois?

(see the answer key)

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