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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Donner Party running low on?
(a) Water
(b) Food
(c) Ammunition
(d) Strength

2. What was Sutter's fort like?
(a) It was like a small city.
(b) It was falling apart.
(c) It was too big to navigate in one day.
(d) It was very small, but had enough supplies to fulfill their needs.

3. How long did it take the group to prepare to travel?
(a) Several months
(b) A week
(c) Two days
(d) Two years

4. What was the Hastings Cutoff trail like?
(a) It was barely discernible.
(b) It was a clear path.
(c) It was marked by Hastings.
(d) It was beautiful every step of the way.

5. What is caching, according to the emigrants?
(a) Putting food aside in rations
(b) Removing furniture and burying it to prevent theft
(c) Storing food they found on the trail
(d) Dumping items out of the wagon

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the families do in the evening?

2. How did Virginia spend her days after leaving Missouri?

3. Why did the travelers journey south after the desert?

4. Why did the travelers want to get to their destination by winter?

5. What was in the middle of the desert?

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