Q 01/05

Which breed is Seaman, the narrator of Roland Smith's Lewis and Clark novel The Captain's Dog?

A) Saint Bernard

B) Newfoundland

C) Bloodhound

D) Irish Wolfhound

Answer · why

B) Newfoundland

Newfoundland dogs are strong swimmers known for water rescues, which is why Meriwether Lewis chose one for a river journey. He paid $20 for Seaman, ha...

Q 02/05

Which animal bit Seaman's hind leg so badly that Lewis feared his dog would bleed to death?

A) A rattlesnake

B) A wolverine

C) A beaver

D) A badger

Answer · why

C) A beaver

A beaver severed an artery in Seaman's leg in May 1805, and Lewis struggled to stop the bleeding. The dog lived to finish the whole journey.

Q 03/05

Which enslaved man, owned by William Clark, crossed the continent with Seaman and the Corps of Discovery?

A) York

B) Cato

C) Jupiter

D) Caesar

Answer · why

A) York

York took part in the vote on where to winter at the Pacific, yet Clark repeatedly refused to free him once the journey was over.

Q 04/05

Which animals did Seaman pluck from the river mid-swim so that Lewis could eat them fried?

A) River otters

B) Muskrats

C) Wood ducks

D) Squirrels

Answer · why

D) Squirrels

Squirrels were swimming across the river in September 1803, early in the trip. Lewis wrote that his dog killed them in the water and swam back with th...

Q 05/05

Which president, who once employed Meriwether Lewis as his private secretary, sent the Corps of Discovery west?

A) John Quincy Adams

B) James Madison

C) Thomas Jefferson

D) James Monroe

Answer · why

C) Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson commissioned the journey in 1803 and named Lewis its leader. Lewis then invited William Clark to share the command with him.