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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was James Reed's occupation?
(a) He ran mills and made furniture.
(b) Lawyer
(c) He ran a grocery store.
(d) Farmer

2. How many states were in the Union in the spring of 1846?
(a) 28
(b) 20
(c) 52
(d) 13

3. What was in the middle of the desert?
(a) A mountain
(b) A lake
(c) A huge cactus
(d) A cabin

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

5. How did Tamsen Donner women feel about the trip?
(a) She braced herself for the harshness of it.
(b) She thought it was going much better than expected.
(c) She thought it would be to their advantage.
(d) She thought they would regret it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Virginia's aunt according to her stories?

2. Why did Bridger promote the shortcut?

3. How did they get the wagons down the canyons?

4. What happened to the letters that Bryant sent Reed?

5. How many people were in the group when it was at its full strength?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what would eventually become known as the Pioneer Palace Car.

2. Why did some of the people in Springfield question James Reed's ideas?

3. How did the Reed wagons do on the journey?

4. How were tasks divvied up on the wagon train?

5. How did Charles Stanton helped the traveling party?

6. Why was Independence, Missouri so famous?

7. What happened to James Reed after he killed Snyder?

8. Why did Virginia's father choose to take his family to California?

9. How did the women feel about the decision, and how was their opinion factored in?

10. What did James Reed say that persuaded the man to take Hastings' Cutoff?

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