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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 caused crops to fail in the place Rose was born?
(a) A draught.
(b) Sandy soil.
(c) Soil erosion.
(d) Bad storms.

2. What did Almanzo hate most about Nebraska?
(a) The Wind.
(b) The Heat.
(c) The Dust.
(d) The Flatness.

3. What animals were used to pull the wagons on the trip?
(a) Oxen.
(b) Donkeys.
(c) Horses.
(d) Mules.

4. What got lost on August 5th?
(a) The honey.
(b) The lap desk.
(c) The asbestos fire mats.
(d) The thermometer.

5. What river did the Wilders get to when the temperature finally dropped below 100 degrees?
(a) Scroll River.
(b) Shell River.
(c) Sell River.
(d) Stall River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What spooked one of the Cooley's horses in the big city in Nebraska?

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

3. Where did Rose's parents get married?

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

5. How high was the temperature on the first day of the journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mr. Cooley wish they had taken a more westernly route?

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

3. Why were the Wilders so anxious to get on their journey when the weather got good?

4. What did Laura call the James River, and why?

5. What happened on the 5th of August?

6. What are the three "Miss" States that Rose talks about in the first chapter?

7. What is Laura's longest entry of the entire trip about?

8. What was so different about Stanton?

9. What did the wind in Yankton cause the Wilders to do with their wagon?

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

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