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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. Who preserved the Wilder farm in Mansfield?
(a) Almanzo's family members.
(b) A historical society.
(c) A memorial association.
(d) Lane's family.

2. What did Laura do all day on their first Sunday in Missouri?
(a) Wrote letters.
(b) Read the bible.
(c) Taught Rose.
(d) Brushed her hair.

3. Where did Almanzo sell many of his cooking mats in Kansas?
(a) Daniel County.
(b) Douglas County.
(c) Dugway County.
(d) Dernville Township.

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

5. Which of the following was NOT a term used by Laura to describe the towns in Missouri?
(a) Clean.
(b) Small.
(c) Hospitable.
(d) Good.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the first man they met in Missouri describe the town the Wilders were planning to move to?

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

3. How was the description of the journal before entering Missouri?

4. What did the Wilders live off of before the missing money was found?

5. What would Almanzo have to do to make an orchard on his new land?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How was the missing money found?

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

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

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