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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 was the missing money found?
(a) A seam of the lapdesk.
(b) Under a slat in the wagon.
(c) In Almanzo's boot.
(d) Under a can of flour.

2. What did Laura think was most impressive about her favorite town in Kansas?
(a) The rivers.
(b) The orchards.
(c) The structures.
(d) The people.

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

4. What was so beautiful to Laura about Jones Spring?
(a) It created a waterfall.
(b) It had clear water.
(c) All of these.
(d) It came out of a cave.

5. What was Rose's first chore at the new house?
(a) Washing windows.
(b) Fetching water.
(c) Dusting shelves.
(d) Feeding animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Laura eat in Missouri without knowing what it was?

2. How much money did the split wood sell for in town?

3. How much were the big watermelons at Ash Grove?

4. What did Laura do for an entire afternoon in the Missouri city with fine houses and booming businesses?

5. What kind of animal was Spookendyke?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Laura describe St. Marys?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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