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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. Where did Prince get spooked?
(a) Ross Towneship.
(b) Ross Town.
(c) Rosston.
(d) Rossville.

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

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

4. What did Laura joke about when she heard cowbells?
(a) They were creating a new hymn.
(b) They were welcoming her home.
(c) They were playing her favorite song.
(d) They ran off the other emigrants.

5. How did Laura describe the Ozarks?
(a) Grand and glorious.
(b) Beautiful and compelling.
(c) Understated and protecting.
(d) Large and scary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the horse that rode with Prince?

2. Who did Laura think lost the money for the down payment?

3. What was the first crop Laura saw in Missouri?

4. What did Laura and Almanzo do before purchasing their land?

5. Why did people in Kansas not like Missouri?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was the missing money found?

4. How did Laura feel about her surroundings as she neared the border of Missouri?

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

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

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

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

9. What did Laura think happened to the missing money, and why?

10. What did Laura do while Almanzo worked on clearing the land?

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