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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the book they follow mostly consist of?
(a) Weather reports
(b) Propaganda
(c) Packing lists
(d) Advice for travel

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

5. What happened to the letters that Bryant sent Reed?
(a) Reed tore them up without reading them.
(b) Reed never received them.
(c) They were given to Donner instead.
(d) Reed laughed when he read them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Patrick Breen contribute to the fires at night?

2. What wild animal almost broke into the camp?

3. What did Hastings promise the Donner Party in his letter?

4. What was the Caw tribe like?

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

(see the answer key)

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