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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Almanzo's nickname?
(a) Alman.
(b) Zo.
(c) Al.
(d) Manly.

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

3. How big was the item that Laura marveled at while crossing Nebraska?
(a) 10 inches.
(b) 7.5 inches.
(c) 2.5 inches.
(d) 5 inches.

4. What kind of wagon did the family traveling with the Wilders have?
(a) Conestoga.
(b) Freight.
(c) Make-shift.
(d) European.

5. How wide was the Platte River?
(a) Half a mile.
(b) 100 yards.
(c) A mile.
(d) 50 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What town was Rose born in?

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

3. What spooked one of the Cooley's horses in the big city in Nebraska?

4. Where was the Canadian woman from?

5. Why did the Cooleys want to take a more Westernly route?

(see the answer key)

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