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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Laura describe the Ozarks?
(a) Beautiful and compelling.
(b) Grand and glorious.
(c) Large and scary.
(d) Understated and protecting.

2. What was so beautiful to Laura about Jones Spring?
(a) All of these.
(b) It came out of a cave.
(c) It had clear water.
(d) It created a waterfall.

3. What was the date of the first day of the journey?
(a) July 17th.
(b) July 7th.
(c) June 25th.
(d) July 5th.

4. How many hours a week would Laura usually work at the beginning of the book?
(a) 62.
(b) 42.
(c) 52.
(d) 72.

5. What does Laura say everyone is attracted to?
(a) Green fields.
(b) Blue skies.
(c) Tall mountains.
(d) Large bodies of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How high was the grain that the Wilders saw in the fields in South Dakota?

2. Which of the following is NOT a word used by Laura to describe the Nebraska bluffs?

3. What format is Chapter 2 written in?

4. What was clabber?

5. What was Almanzo's nickname?

(see the answer key)

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