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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laura say is common in Lane County?
(a) Indians.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Black people.
(d) Bare backed horses.

2. Who went to find the Cooley's dog?
(a) Almanzo.
(b) Mr. Cooley.
(c) Nicolas.
(d) Laura.

3. What time in the morning did the Wilders usually begin traveling?
(a) 9:00 am.
(b) 8:00 am.
(c) 6:00 am.
(d) 7:00 am.

4. What did Rose's parents get sick with at the beginning of the book?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Diphtheria.

5. Where did the animals pulling the wagons generally get watered?
(a) Rivers.
(b) All of these.
(c) Wells.
(d) Water barrels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did a man not let the Wilders camp on his property?

2. Where did Rose's parents get married?

3. What caused the banks to collapse in the place where Rose was born?

4. Why did the Wilders camp in ravines while in Nebraska?

5. What did travelers on the trail say about Missouri?

(see the answer key)

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