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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many bushels did Almanzo say a big grain field in South Dakota would reap at harvest?
(a) 4 bushels.
(b) 3 bushels.
(c) 5 bushels.
(d) 2 bushels.

3. What did Sherwin call the place where the Wilders chose to move to?
(a) The Land of Plenty.
(b) The Land of Promise.
(c) The Lacn of Opportunity.
(d) The Land of Fortune.

4. What spooked one of the Cooley's horses in the big city in Nebraska?
(a) A train.
(b) A large black man.
(c) A cougar.
(d) A motor car.

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

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

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

8. Where did the Wilders come across the group of immigrants?
(a) Hendrickson County.
(b) Henderson City.
(c) Haroldson Township.
(d) Hutchinson County.

9. What did Rose's parents get sick with at the beginning of the book?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Diphtheria.
(d) Typhoid.

10. What format is Chapter 2 written in?
(a) A third person narrative.
(b) Letters.
(c) A list of events.
(d) Journal Entries.

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

12. How many families were traveling in the party the Wilders were a part of?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

14. How much money a week did Laura earn?
(a) $1.
(b) $20.
(c) $10.
(d) $2.

15. What was Laura's maiden name?
(a) Inger.
(b) Intrall.
(c) Inmer.
(d) Ingalls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became more common as the Wilders neared the Kansas Border?

2. What got lost on August 5th?

3. What time in the morning did the Wilders usually begin traveling?

4. How big was the item that Laura marveled at while crossing Nebraska?

5. How long did the crops fail in the place Rose was born?

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