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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. What happened when Margaret tried to cross the mountain?

2. Where are James Reed's pocket watch and Masonic medal displayed?

3. What did emigrants do once they realize that they were trapped?

4. How did the survivors respond when they saw the rescuers?

5. Hw many other people died the night Dolan died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the group do when they realize that they couldn't reach a summit?

2. How did Virginia inadvertently help the world hear about what happened to the Donner Party?

3. What complications did the group which later became known as Forlorn Hope face?

4. Why didn't the starving people hunt for food?

5. Why couldn't all the survivors get rescued at once?

6. Why didn't Tamsen Donner allow herself to be rescued for a second time?

7. What happened to the members of the Reed family?

8. What did William Eddy and William Foster find when they went to rescue their families? Who did they rescue?

9. How many rescue teams were there, and what did they find?

10. What happened to Louis Keseberg?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Address the issue of cannibalism. What was it and who resorted to it. How did they feel about it, and what rules did they have concerning it?

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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