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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wagons did the Reeds lose in the desert?

2. Independence, Missouri known for all of these except what?

3. How many wagons did each family have?

4. What did the families do in the evening?

5. How many miles would the cutoff save them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Charles Stanton helped the traveling party?

2. What would they have to do in order to cross a river?

3. How did the Native American treat William Eddy?

4. Why did each family have three wagons?

5. What did Clyman talk to Reed about?

6. How many miles a day did the Donner Party plan to go, and what with their actual pace?

7. What happened to John Snyder when his oxen team's yolks got tangled?

8. What was crossing the desert like?

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

10. Even though Hastings didn't meet them at the Fort, why did they continue to go on to take the Cutoff?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were some of the things the members of the Donner Party resorted to as they tried to deal with their hunger?

Essay Topic 2

What did the travelers have to do to prepare for their journey, and how long did it take them?

Essay Topic 3

How did the journey to Independence, Missouri go, and what held them up? How did they feel about reaching the city?

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