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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Missouri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the road in Missouri lined with?
(a) Maple trees.
(b) Oak trees.
(c) White fences.
(d) Wheat fields.

2. Which of the following was NOT a term used by Laura to describe the towns in Missouri?
(a) Small.
(b) Good.
(c) Hospitable.
(d) Clean.

3. What was so beautiful to Laura about Jones Spring?
(a) It created a waterfall.
(b) It came out of a cave.
(c) It had clear water.
(d) All of these.

4. How big was the item that Laura marveled at while crossing Nebraska?
(a) 5 inches.
(b) 7.5 inches.
(c) 2.5 inches.
(d) 10 inches.

5. What did one woman say all the people in Missouri had never seen?
(a) A schoolhouse.
(b) A real church.
(c) A motor car.
(d) An organ.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the fields in South Dakota described?

2. What did Laura do for an entire afternoon in the Missouri city with fine houses and booming businesses?

3. Who went to find the Cooley's dog?

4. What had to be reset in Schuyler?

5. Why did the Cooleys want to take a more Westernly route?

(see the answer key)

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