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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With hostile Blackfeet behind and him hostile Sioux ahead, Lewis learns that
(a) Most of the tribes are preparing for war
(b) Sioux chiefs are on their way to Washington
(c) His letter was not delivered to Heney
(d) His wounds will take weeks to heal

2. Drouillard was acquitted of murder because
(a) The deserter he killed was deemed a threat to the party
(b) He was held in high esteem in St. Louis
(c) The deserter threatened him first
(d) His boss ordered him to do it

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

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

5. In his role as governor of the Louisiana territory, Lewis
(a) Fair and generous
(b) Rigorous and productive
(c) Was lax and ineffective
(d) Loyal to Jefferson

6. Lewis' underlying goal at this point is for America to
(a) Finally oust Spain and France from the fur trade
(b) Dominate the fur trade throughout the West
(c) Know the wildlife that existed beyond the Mississippi
(d) Understand the ways of the various Indian tribes

7. Rather than the expected horses for their food, below The Dalles the expedition found
(a) Only dogs
(b) Only vegetation
(c) Only dried fish
(d) Only beaver

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

9. Meriwether Lewis may have misused public funds by
(a) Buying expensive property for government agencies
(b) Drinking and carousing
(c) Funding his own commercial venture with them
(d) Purchasing opium and alcohol

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

11. Captain Clark, unlike Lewis,
(a) Married his childhood sweetheart
(b) Fell in love and married
(c) Married his first cousin
(d) Had several children out of wedlock

12. At 33-years-old, Lewis had become
(a) A recluse
(b) A loyal family member
(c) A major celebrity
(d) A gentleman farmer

13. As they travel toward St. Louis, Meriwether Lewis feels that
(a) He might never walk again
(b) He would rather stay in Yellowstone
(c) His entire Indian policy has fallen apart
(d) His diplomatic work with the tribes has worked

14. One of the pleasures the expedition encountered was
(a) The hot springs at Lolo
(b) The Indian guides' sense of humor
(c) The abundance of Buffalo at Lolo River
(d) The flat, easy trails through the mountains

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis had trouble adjusting to his new role in which he

2. Although Lewis had become more productive in St. Louis,

3. While on the Columbia, the primary interest of the group was to

4. Lewis and Clark and Clark's wife planned to share a house in

5. By the time Lewis reaches Grinder's Inn, he seems

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