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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 kind of building did Laura get excited to see in Missouri?
(a) General stores.
(b) Churches.
(c) School houses.
(d) Barns.

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

3. Why did people in Kansas not like Missouri?
(a) There were lots of immigrants there.
(b) It got too cold.
(c) The people were backward.
(d) The food was bad.

4. How did Almanzo respond to the missing money?
(a) Got to work making more money.
(b) Went to church to pray.
(c) Searched the wagon.
(d) Fretted and fumed.

5. How long did it take for Almanzo to clear all the land?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 10 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Laura respond to the missing money?

2. What does Laura say is common in Lane County?

3. How long did the hired man stay to help Almanzo?

4. How did Laura describe the people in St. Marys?

5. What was the road in Missouri lined with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, in Topeka, impressed Laura?

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

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

4. How did Laura describe St. Marys?

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

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

7. How was the missing money found?

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

9. When did the Wilders get to Mansfield?

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

(see the answer keys)

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