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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. What does Laura say everyone is attracted to?
(a) Tall mountains.
(b) Large bodies of water.
(c) Green fields.
(d) Blue skies.

5. How many "Miss" states did Rose know about at the beginning of the book?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did an acre of land in the county, past the immigrant camp sell for?

2. What was the date of the first day of the journey?

3. How many families were traveling in the party the Wilders were a part of?

4. What river did the Wilders get to when the temperature finally dropped below 100 degrees?

5. How did the Wilders cross the Platte River?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Wilders store the money they saved up for their trip?

2. What did local farmers in Nebraska say about their fields that looked as though they were doing well?

3. What did Laura marvel at while passing a farm in Nebraska?

4. What did Laura do to prepare for her family's trip?

5. What did the immigrants give the Wilders when they left, and why?

6. What caused the Wilders to want to move from South Dakota?

7. What did Almanzo buy a bunch of before the trip, and why?

8. What kind of pictures are included with the first chapter of this book?

9. How did Rose's parents make money before heading on their journey?

10. What happened when the Cooleys lost their dog along the trip?

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