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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 the road in Missouri lined with?
(a) Maple trees.
(b) White fences.
(c) Oak trees.
(d) Wheat fields.

2. What religion were the people in St. Marys?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Mormon.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Lutheran.

3. How did Laura describe the people in St. Marys?
(a) Hospitable.
(b) Judgmental.
(c) Religious.
(d) Strange.

4. How long did the hired man stay to help Almanzo?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 months.

5. What did Almanzo want to establish on the land he bought?
(a) A field.
(b) Housing units.
(c) A farm.
(d) A school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was 5 inches deep on the roadside in Kansas?

2. What did Laura joke about when she heard cowbells?

3. How long was the trip through Missouri?

4. What time did Laura cross into Missouri?

5. Why did Laura like the streets in Topeka?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the missing money found?

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

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

4. What did Laura say about all the bad comments they heard from people about Missouri?

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

6. What did the Wilders think of Springfield, and what did they do there?

7. Why did the people around Fort Scott not farm the good land outside of the town?

8. What was the first chore Rose was given on the new land?

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

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

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