Donner Party

What were the factors that led to the Donner Party getting trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains? Check all that apply.

• They left too late in the season

• They did not follow the established trail

• They did not pack enough supplies

• They did not have fast horses

Where was the Donner Party trying to travel to?

• Oregon

• New Mexico

• Japan

• California

Why were the only surviving members of the Donner Party orphans?

• All of the Donner family parents died at Truckee Lake.

• They ran away from home.

• Their parents abandoned them.

• Nobody knows.

Which one of the members of the Donner Party had his reputation ruined by the adventure and had bad luck his whole life after?

• James Reed

• Virginia Reed

• Mary Murphy

• Lewis Keseberg

How do you know that James Reed survived The Donner Party Expedition?

• The article tells about his life after the journey, so he had to live.

• Your family talks about it all the time at dinner.

• You were there and saw him live.

• You read a story about it in the morning newspaper.

Even though James Reed made some bad decisions during the trip across the plains, we know he became a leader once they settled in California, because:

• he became the mayor.

• he became the Chief of Police and was on the Town Council.

• he sold lots of balloon animals to townsfolk.

• he always unmuted when he gave answers in online classes.

What piece of literature did Nathan Hale use to research this book that we have read?

• Virginia Reed's "Across the Plains in the Donner Party 1846"

• Go dog, Go!

• Harry Potter

• Rice School history book

Why did people decide to name a lake and a mountain pass after the Donner family?

• They thought it was funny that they failed.

• They died doing something historic and brave that others could learn from.

• The didn't. That is a lie told in this book.

• Who knows?

What did people think of Landsford Hastings' ideas after the Donner Party

• Everyone loved his ideas!

• People invested money in his ideas so they would work.

• Nobody tried any of his idea out after the Donner Party fiasco.

• Hard to tell.

In what year did The Donner Party head west?

• 1776

• 1946

• 1846

• 2020