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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 state was the nicest small town of the trip in?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Kansas.

2. What amazed Laura about Topeka?
(a) Asphalt roads.
(b) Electric street cars.
(c) Motor cars.
(d) All of these.

3. What was the bridge across the Kansas River made out of?
(a) Wood.
(b) Iron.
(c) Steel.
(d) Stone.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was declared the nicest small town of the trip?

3. Where was the driest land in all of Kansas?

4. What spooked Prince?

5. Why did people in Kansas not like Missouri?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Laura say the cornfields in Missouri compared to those in Kansas?

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

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

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

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

8. What did Laura find shortly after crossing the Kansas River?

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

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

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