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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 did Pike die?

2. How many wagons did each family have?

3. What did the travelers do before they headed across the desert?

4. What happened to 13-year-old Edward Breen?

5. What did the book they follow mostly consist of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the families do in the evenings?

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

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

4. Why was Independence, Missouri so famous?

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

6. How did Virginia feel about her traveling clothes?

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

8. How did the Native American treat William Eddy?

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

10. What did Clyman talk to Reed about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was Lansford Warren Hastings qualified to write his book? Why or why not? What did the man do for a living and what was he like?

Essay Topic 2

What obstacles did the rescue parties have to overcome to save the members of the Donner Party?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the political situation in the United States when the Reeds decided to go to California. Where did the United States officially end and who had control of California?

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