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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused the banks to collapse in the place where Rose was born?
(a) Robberies.
(b) Foreclosures.
(c) Small population.
(d) High rate of inflation.

2. What county did the Wilders see the farm conditions start to improve?
(a) McCranney.
(b) McClark.
(c) McCourt.
(d) McCook.

3. Where were the people in the group of immigrants from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

4. What did Rose's parents get sick with at the beginning of the book?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Diphtheria.

5. How many miles an hour did the wagons travel?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What town was Rose born in?

2. Why did a man not let the Wilders camp on his property?

3. How high was the temperature on the first day of the journey?

4. What caused crops to fail in the place Rose was born?

5. How is the wind in South Dakota described?

(see the answer key)

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