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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote the third chapter?
(a) Almanzo.
(b) Rose.
(c) Laura.
(d) Lane.

3. What time did Laura cross into Missouri?
(a) 2:24 pm.
(b) 1:14 pm.
(c) 3:24 pm.
(d) 2:14 pm.

4. Which of the following was NOT a term used by Laura to describe the towns in Missouri?
(a) Good.
(b) Clean.
(c) Hospitable.
(d) Small.

5. How much of a down payment did Almanzo want to give on his land?
(a) $75.
(b) $100.
(c) $150.
(d) $125.

6. Where did the Wilders keep the money for their down payment on the land?
(a) The lapdesk.
(b) Rose's dress hem.
(c) Almanzo's boot.
(d) A flour canister.

7. What kind of building did Laura get excited to see in Missouri?
(a) Churches.
(b) School houses.
(c) Barns.
(d) General stores.

8. What season did the hired man choose to leave the area?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

9. Where in Missouri does Laura say they found fine houses and booming businesses?
(a) Battlefield.
(b) Campbell.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Springfield.

10. How many wagons entered the destination town at the same time as the Wilders?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

11. What was the name of the horse that rode with Prince?
(a) Pull.
(b) Push.
(c) Pat.
(d) Pet.

12. How was the description of the journal before entering Missouri?
(a) Fantastical.
(b) Metphorical.
(c) Complimentary.
(d) Factual.

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

14. Where did Sherwin end up settling himself in Missouri?
(a) Cedar County.
(b) Clay county.
(c) Carbon County.
(d) Clear County.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was clabber?

2. Where did Almanzo sell many of his cooking mats in Kansas?

3. How did the first crop seen in Missouri compare with those in Kansas?

4. Why did the people in Fort Scott not plant in the good land?

5. How long did it take for the Wilders to cross Kansas?

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