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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How high was the grain that the Wilders saw in the fields in South Dakota?
(a) 5 inches.
(b) 3 inches.
(c) 7 inches.
(d) 9 inches.

3. What did Almanzo say made the soil in Missouri so good?
(a) The rolling land.
(b) The shade trees.
(c) The cooler weather.
(d) The rivers.

4. What did the new land have many acres of?
(a) Uncleared timber.
(b) Apple trees.
(c) Thorny bushes.
(d) Rolling fields.

5. What time in the morning did the Wilders usually begin traveling?
(a) 6:00 am.
(b) 9:00 am.
(c) 8:00 am.
(d) 7:00 am.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Canadian woman from?

2. What did Laura marvel at while crossing Nebraska?

3. Where did the Wilders keep the money they saved up for their trip?

4. How is the wind in South Dakota described?

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

(see the answer key)

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