View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Laura marvel at while crossing Nebraska?
(a) An apple.
(b) A strawberry.
(c) An ear of corn.
(d) A wheat stalk.

2. What caused crops to fail in the place Rose was born?
(a) Bad storms.
(b) Sandy soil.
(c) A draught.
(d) Soil erosion.

3. What did one woman say all the people in Missouri had never seen?
(a) A motor car.
(b) A real church.
(c) An organ.
(d) A schoolhouse.

4. How are the fields in South Dakota described?
(a) Rebounding.
(b) Plain.
(c) Scorched.
(d) Ruined.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the people in the group of immigrants from?

2. What color was the Wilder's make-shift wagon painted?

3. What kind of signs were NOT posted in Nebraska?

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

5. What kind of group picture is included in the first chapter?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 182 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample