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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Wilders decide to move when the banks started failing?
(a) North Dakota.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) Missouri.

2. Why did people in Kansas not like Missouri?
(a) It got too cold.
(b) There were lots of immigrants there.
(c) The people were backward.
(d) The food was bad.

3. What was the date of the last day of the journey?
(a) August 25th.
(b) August 30th.
(c) September 1st.
(d) August 20th.

4. What is the only day that was NOT discussed in the time span of Chapter 2?
(a) August 11th.
(b) August 1st.
(c) July 21st.
(d) June 1st.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What river in Kansas did the Wilders cross a few times?

2. What kind of people lived in Stanton?

3. What was the name of the horse that rode with Prince?

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

5. Where was the Canadian woman from?

(see the answer key)

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