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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened in Missouri for the first time of the trip?
(a) Clear skies.
(b) A rain storm.
(c) Howling wolves.
(d) Lightning.

3. Why were the Wilders able to cross more ground per day in Kansas?
(a) The weather was good.
(b) The children walked faster.
(c) The roads were better.
(d) The horses were healed.

4. How did the Wilders cross the Platte River?
(a) They used a ferry.
(b) They forded it themselves.
(c) They built a shanty bridge.
(d) They crossed a bridge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many families were traveling in the party the Wilders were a part of?

2. Where did the Wilders get some letters?

3. What was Laura's favorite town in Kansas?

4. What does Laura say is common in Lane County?

5. Where did the animals pulling the wagons generally get watered?

(see the answer key)

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