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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 color was the dog that Laura found in Kansas?
(a) Black.
(b) Black and Tan.
(c) Red.
(d) White and Brown.

2. What did Laura do for an entire afternoon in the Missouri city with fine houses and booming businesses?
(a) Shopped.
(b) Rode her horse.
(c) Toured around.
(d) Visited a library.

3. What river in Kansas did the Wilders cross a few times?
(a) The Black River.
(b) The White River.
(c) The Blue River.
(d) The Green River.

4. Where was the driest land in all of Kansas?
(a) Kingsvill.
(b) Marysville.
(c) Louisville.
(d) Cornville.

5. What were the Wilders able to eat a lot of as they passed through Kansas?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Bread.
(d) Roots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Almanzo say made the soil in Missouri so good?

2. Why were the Wilders able to cross more ground per day in Kansas?

3. Who preserved the Wilder farm in Mansfield?

4. What season did the hired man choose to leave the area?

5. What was the bridge across the Kansas River made out of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Wilders get when they were in Fort Scott?

2. What did Laura joke about when she heard cowbells in a field in Missouri?

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

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

5. How was the missing money found?

6. Where had Sherwin settled, and how was this discovered?

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

8. When did the Wilders get to Mansfield?

9. What happened to one of the horses in Rossville?

10. Who did Almanzo get to help clear his land, and why?

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