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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Wilders do when they stopped with the Canadian woman?

2. What did Rose always do a few years beyond her grade level?

3. What did one woman say all the people in Missouri had never seen?

4. Which of the following was NOT considered one of the "Miss" States to Rose at the beginning of the book?

5. What did the Wilders call the place where they chose to move to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Laura say is strange to her about rivers and lakes?

2. What did the Wilders think of Lincoln?

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

4. What happened on the 5th of August?

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

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

7. What was so different about Stanton?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does the lap desk play in the story, and what does it symbolize? How is the plot altered by the presence of the lap desk?

Essay Topic 2

Rose feels very strongly that childhood is an integral part of a person's personality. Why does she feel this way, and what evidence does she present to support her statement? Do you agree with her? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Creativity and Curiosity are two traits that Rose sees in her father. How do these traits make him different than other men, and how does this affect his relationships with his wife and daughter?

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