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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Margaret tried to cross the mountain?
(a) She missed her children too much so she came back.
(b) Her compass broke, and she had to turn back.
(c) She became ill.
(d) The snow was too deep.

2. What is cannibalism?
(a) The eating of human flesh
(b) A type of disease that infects children
(c) When you only eat soup
(d) When you are overly aggressive

3. What happened to the food that the rescuers had stashed along the journey?
(a) It rotted.
(b) Nothing. It was all there.
(c) Wild animals had eaten it.
(d) It was stolen by Native Americans.

4. Why did Reed kill Snyder?
(a) It was an act of self-defense.
(b) Snyder was stealing from his family.
(c) He hated the man.
(d) Snyder attacked his wife.

5. What did the rescuers tell the survivors about Forlorn Hope?
(a) They died.
(b) They were detained due to badly frostbitten feet.
(c) They were lost.
(d) They were all fine with no problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Reed want out west?

2. What did Aunt Betsy cook in the morning?

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

4. What was the weather like as the snowshoers traveled?

5. How many states were in the Union in the spring of 1846?

(see the answer key)

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