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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 state was the nicest small town of the trip in?

2. What color was the dog that Laura found in Kansas?

3. What did Laura do while Almanzo began clearing land?

4. What spooked Prince?

5. How far out of town was the Wilder's new home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the major drawback that Laura found when she got to Mansfield?

2. What did Laura think happened to the missing money, and why?

3. What did the Wilder family do on the first Sunday they were in Missouri?

4. What, in Topeka, impressed Laura?

5. How did Laura describe St. Marys?

6. How did Almanzo go about finding a piece of good land he could afford?

7. What was the first chore Rose was given on the new land?

8. Who did Almanzo get to help clear his land, and why?

9. What did Almanzo stop doing when they started passing numerous immigrant wagon trains?

10. Where had Sherwin settled, and how was this discovered?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jealousy is a pretty strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react?

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

Anger and the consequences of it is a huge theme presented in this book. Using the text, cite 3- 4 examples of how characters acting out of anger altered the course of the plot.

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