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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 did the Wilders see lying around on the ground in Fort Scott?
(a) Fossils.
(b) Bones.
(c) Coal.
(d) Red stones.

2. How big were the watermelons at Ash Grove?
(a) 10 pounds.
(b) 20 pounds.
(c) 15 pounds.
(d) 5 pounds.

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

4. What was the name of the horse that rode with Prince?
(a) Pat.
(b) Push.
(c) Pet.
(d) Pull.

5. What did the Wilders take a detour in Kansas to see?
(a) The river.
(b) A museum.
(c) Topeka.
(d) The capitol.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Laura respond to the missing money?

2. What religion were the people in St. Marys?

3. What relieved Laura when Prince was stopped after being spooked?

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

5. Where was the missing money found?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Wilders do on their Sundays while traveling?

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

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

4. How did Almanzo go about finding a piece of good land he could afford?

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

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

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

8. What facts did Laura give about Mansfield after she arrived there?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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