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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Rose when she started her journey?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

2. What had to be reset in Schuyler?
(a) The money rights.
(b) The tires.
(c) The horses.
(d) The wagon order.

3. What did Rose always do a few years beyond her grade level?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Write.
(c) Memorize.
(d) Read.

4. What kind of signs were NOT posted in Nebraska?
(a) County lines.
(b) Population signs.
(c) Trail posts.
(d) Mile markers.

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

6. What was the date of the last day of the journey?
(a) August 30th.
(b) September 1st.
(c) August 25th.
(d) August 20th.

7. Why did a man not let the Wilders camp on his property?
(a) They did not like Americans.
(b) There were too many traveling immigrants.
(c) They were leaving their property.
(d) They were afraid to be robbed.

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

9. What did the animals pulling the wagons get cut on occasionally?
(a) Fence posts.
(b) Arrow heads.
(c) Barbed wire.
(d) Sharp rocks.

10. Where was the Canadian woman from?
(a) The West Indies.
(b) India.
(c) Belgium.
(d) France.

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

12. What day of the week did the Wilders NOT travel while on their journey?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

13. What did Almanzo hate most about Nebraska?
(a) The Dust.
(b) The Flatness.
(c) The Wind.
(d) The Heat.

14. How much money did the Wilders save up for their trip?
(a) $100.
(b) $150.
(c) $75.
(d) $125.

15. Where did the Wilders decide to move when the banks started failing?
(a) North Dakota.
(b) Missouri.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one woman say all the people in Missouri had never seen?

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

3. What does Laura say everyone is attracted to?

4. What kind of traders did the Wilders avoid camping by after they crossed the Elkhorn Bridge?

5. How is the writing style of Chapter 1 different from the other chapters?

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