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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did an acre of land in the county, past the immigrant camp sell for?
(a) $17.
(b) $19.
(c) $23.
(d) $21.

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

3. What town was Rose born in?
(a) De Ville.
(b) De Smet.
(c) De Varen.
(d) De Smithe.

4. What city was the biggest they all saw in Nebraska?
(a) Battle Creek.
(b) Corn Husker.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Ainsworth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals were used to pull the wagons on the trip?

2. What did Rose's parents get sick with at the beginning of the book?

3. What did Almanzo hate most about Nebraska?

4. What kind of group picture is included in the first chapter?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was so different about Stanton?

2. How did Rose's parents make money before heading on their journey?

3. What kind of pictures are included with the first chapter of this book?

4. What did Laura insist the children do while they swam in the James River, and why?

5. How did Mr. Sherwin convince the Wilders of where to move their family to?

6. What are the three "Miss" States that Rose talks about in the first chapter?

7. What did the Wilders see in Yankton?

8. What caused the Wilders to want to move from South Dakota?

9. How did Almanzo get the wagon for his family to travel in?

10. Why were the Wilders so anxious to get on their journey when the weather got good?

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