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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Kansas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Wilders do when they stopped with the Canadian woman?
(a) Sang songs.
(b) Swapped stories.
(c) Sold supplies.
(d) Avoided each other.

2. What did Almanzo use to make a wagon for his family?
(a) A freight wagon.
(b) A buggy.
(c) A hack.
(d) A couple of feed boxes.

3. How much money did Rose's father earn while on jury duty?
(a) $80.
(b) $60.
(c) $70.
(d) $50.

4. Why did the people in Fort Scott not plant in the good land?
(a) They were not farmers.
(b) They didn't know how.
(c) They didn't want the population to boom.
(d) There was no economy.

5. What did the Wilders call the place where they chose to move to?
(a) The Land of the Juicy Peach.
(b) The Land of the Golden Wheat.
(c) The Land of the Big Red Apple.
(d) The Land of the Crawling Vineyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of traders did the Wilders avoid camping by after they crossed the Elkhorn Bridge?

2. How many bushels did Almanzo say a big grain field in South Dakota would reap at harvest?

3. How long did the crops fail in the place Rose was born?

4. What did travelers on the trail say about Missouri?

5. What was the date of the last day of the journey?

(see the answer key)

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