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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. What was declared the nicest small town of the trip?
(a) Liberal.
(b) Literal.
(c) Loyal.
(d) Langdon.

2. What divided South Ottawa from North Ottawa?
(a) A forest.
(b) A road.
(c) A train track.
(d) A river.

3. What was 5 inches deep on the roadside in Kansas?
(a) Grass.
(b) Mud.
(c) Dust.
(d) Water.

4. What did Laura and Almanzo do before purchasing their land?
(a) Took Rose to see the land.
(b) Prayed.
(c) Got in their best clothes.
(d) Toured the land themselves.

5. What was the longest distance the Wilders traveled in one day while in Kansas?
(a) 17 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 27 miles.
(d) 15 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal was Spookendyke?

2. What did the Wilders take a detour in Kansas to see?

3. What did Rose name the lost dog found in Kansas?

4. Where did the Wilders live when they first got to Mansfield?

5. What was the road in Missouri lined with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Wilder family do on the first Sunday they were in Missouri?

2. What did the land that the Wilders purchased include?

3. What did Laura notice was different about things in Lane, Kansas?

4. Where did the Wilders live while they worked on getting a home?

5. What was the major drawback that Laura found when she got to Mansfield?

6. How did Almanzo go about finding a piece of good land he could afford?

7. What did Almanzo stop doing when they started passing numerous immigrant wagon trains?

8. What happened when Almanzo and Laura returned from the Land Agent's office?

9. What did Rose and her friends do while their parents looked for homes in the area?

10. What does the first picture included of Mansfield show?

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