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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many wagons did the Reeds lose in the desert?
(a) 3
(b)
(c) 1
(d) 2

2. Who did Foster want to kill?
(a) Patrick Dolan
(b) William Eddy
(c) Lem Murphy
(d) Their Native American guides.

3. What did the children suck on to bring forth saliva?
(a) Rock candy
(b) Flattened bullets
(c) Their fingers
(d) Stones

4. How did the native Americans help the snow shoers?
(a) They went and got help for them.
(b) They carried them back to the camp.
(c) They gave them maps to California.
(d) They fed them pine nuts and acorn bread.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Virginia write about Lansford Hastings?

3. Where was James Reed from originally?

4. What did Aunt Betsy cook in the morning?

5. What was the problem with Tommy?

(see the answer key)

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