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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis tried to spin the bad news that
(a) He had lost most of his specimens
(b) There was no water passage to the Pacific
(c) He and Clark were no longer friends
(d) He was injured and disabled

2. Thomas Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis
(a) Secretary of State
(b) Speaker of the House
(c) Secretary of the Interior
(d) As governor of the Lousiana Territory

3. Complicating Lewis' depression, perhaps, was
(a) His regret over not staying out west
(b) The loss of his father
(c) The side effects of curatives
(d) His ongoing friendship with Clark

4. The government refused to pay Lewis' drafts for the return of Big White, ostensibly because
(a) Lewis had not consulted them or gotten prior approval
(b) Lewis had stolen govenrment money
(c) Lewis was too confident for his own good
(d) The government could no longer afford his services

5. Lewis caught an illness from
(a) His son-in-law
(b) Martha Randolph
(c) Captain Clark
(d) Jefferson's butler

6. Lewis imagined a situation of trade which would allow
(a) Indians to travel freely to Washington
(b) The Indians to remain on their lands
(c) Americans to be hosted by tribal leaders
(d) Forts to house Americans and Indians

7. Upon Lewis' death, the expedition journals fell into the hands of
(a) William Clark
(b) George Shannon
(c) Nicholas Biddle
(d) Thomas Jefferson

8. Lewis recommended compensation to all of the members of his party, with the exception of
(a) Charbonneau
(b) Shields
(c) York
(d) Newman

9. By the time Lewis reaches Grinder's Inn, he seems
(a) Drunken and disorderly
(b) To be feeling much better
(c) Confident and rested
(d) Irrational and deranged

10. The Americans astonished the Indians by
(a) Shooting their rifles into the air
(b) Navigating Class V rapids in canoes
(c) Walking along the river on cliffs
(d) Swimming the deep rapids

11. Lewis puts into place a number of rules to keep order at the fort, the primary one being that
(a) All outsiders must leave and the fort locked at sunset
(b) No drinking was allowed within the fort
(c) There were to be no Indians within the compound
(d) No one was to carry a gun around the Indians

12. Lewis proposed to free up the fur trade by establishing
(a) Requirements for trapping licenses
(b) A dominant relationship with the Indians
(c) Trading posts and forts along the rivers
(d) New laws that would prohibit British trapping

13. Bates, who had stood in for Lewis as governor, finally has
(a) A heart attack and is forced to resign
(b) Contacted Clark with a request for solutions
(c) Made the decision to resign his post
(d) A public scene and breaks his friendship with Lewis

14. Realizing they had to have a guide through the mountains, the party
(a) Turned north looking for Nez Perce
(b) Turned back and waited
(c) Waited for Cut Nose's guides
(d) Hired a Blackfoot boy

15. One of the most annoying traits of the Chinook Indians was
(a) Their inability to understand English
(b) Their propensity for thieving
(c) Their grandstanding of their hunting talents
(d) Their refusal to leave the premises

Short Answer Questions

1. The Captains try to arrange an agreement for the Nez Perce to

2. Lewis described the Siouxs' ruling passion as

3. A strong, affectionate bond was forged between

4. Meriwether Lewis may have misused public funds by

5. Although successful in his public life, Lewis failed to

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