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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times had George Donner emigrated?
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) Never
(d) 3

2. Who is the unofficial untarnished hero of the Donner Party?
(a) William Eddy
(b) Charles Stanton
(c) Patrick Dolan
(d) James Reed

3. What did the travelers do before they headed across the desert?
(a) They prayed.
(b) They rested for a few days in the beautiful valley.
(c) They wrote letters to send back to their relatives.
(d) They made hats to protect themselves from sand and sun.

4. Why didn't Virginia join the group that went off for help?
(a) She was too young.
(b) They needed her to babysit the little ones.
(c) She became ill.
(d) She wasn't strong enough.

5. Who was the journalist who wrote the first book length history of the Donner Party?
(a) Virginia Reed Murphy
(b) Georgia Donner Babcock
(c) Charles Fayette McGlashan
(d) Hastings

Short Answer Questions

1. How did people learn about the story of the Donner Party?

2. What did the travelers encounter as they climbed the Sierra Nevada?

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

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

5. What was the Donner Party running low on?

(see the answer key)

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