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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the Wilders supplement their food supply while traveling through Nebraska?
(a) They picked berries.
(b) They hunted.
(c) They fished.
(d) They harvested abandoned farms.

3. What did the Wilders call the place where they chose to move to?
(a) The Land of the Golden Wheat.
(b) The Land of the Juicy Peach.
(c) The Land of the Crawling Vineyard.
(d) The Land of the Big Red Apple.

4. How long was the journey to the Wilder's new home?
(a) 700 miles.
(b) 750 miles.
(c) 600 miles.
(d) 650 miles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What spooked Prince?

2. What did travelers on the trail say about Missouri?

3. Where did the Wilders live when they first got to Mansfield?

4. What kind of animal was Spookendyke?

5. Where was the Canadian woman from?

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