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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 kind of house was on the new land?

2. What state was the nicest small town of the trip in?

3. Where was the missing money found?

4. Who did Almanzo talk to when he learned Sherwin's whereabouts?

5. What happened in Missouri for the first time of the trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Laura joke about when she heard cowbells in a field in Missouri?

2. What did Laura say about all the bad comments they heard from people about Missouri?

3. How did Laura describe St. Marys?

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

5. What did the Wilders get when they were in Fort Scott?

6. How did Laura feel about her surroundings as she neared the border of Missouri?

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

8. What did the Wilders think of Springfield, and what did they do there?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Laura has her own theory for how women should be allowed to act. What is this theory, and how does her life exemplify this?

Essay Topic 2

Why did the Wilders choose to leave De Smet, and what affects will their absence have on the people left behind?

Essay Topic 3

Patience was an attribute that was very apparent in a number of the people described in this book. Where did this attribute appear, and how was the trip changed and enhanced because of the people who possessed this trait?

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