2. How did Pike die?
(a) He was murdered.
(b) His pistol accidentally fired off as he reloaded it.
(c) He died of illness.
(d) He died of infection.

3. What happened to Virginia's aunt according to her stories?
(a) She was held hostage by Indians.
(b) She fought against the Indians.
(c) She learned how to become a tracker from the Indians.
(d) She became an Indian princess.

4. What did Reed want out west?
(a) Gold
(b) A new beginning
(c) Silver
(d) Land

5. What did the travelers encounter as they climbed the Sierra Nevada?
(a) New friendships with the Native Americans
(b) Illness
(c) A burning sun
(d) Snow

6. When did the group reach the Humboldt Sink?
(a) In the middle of July
(b) In the middle of October
(c) In the middle of November
(d) In the middle of September

7. When did James Reed think they would hit the Sierra Nevada?
(a) By January
(b) By September
(c) By October
(d) By July

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

9. How did the Murphy clan and the Reeds and Donners get along?
(a) They were constantly bickering.
(b) They were outrightly hostile to each other.
(c) They were like a big family.
(d) They seemed wary of each other.

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

11. How many wagons did each family have?
(a) 1
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 3

12. What was the hardest part of the trip?
(a) Dealing with death
(b) Ascending the Sierra Nevada
(c) Keeping up with Hastings
(d) Leaving home

13. What was the Caw tribe like?
(a) They were hostile.
(b) They were peaceful.
(c) They wondered what the travelers were doing.
(d) They were wise and offered traveling advice.

14. Why did the travelers want to get to their destination by winter?
(a) The deep snows close the mountain passes.
(b) The mother was going to have a baby then.
(c) They wanted to celebrate Christmas in a new place.
(d) They were looking forward to warm weather in winter and no more snow.

15. 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