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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Almanzo's nickname?

2. What spooked one of the Cooley's horses in the big city in Nebraska?

3. What kind of people lived in Stanton?

4. How many "Miss" states did Rose know about at the beginning of the book?

5. How much money did Rose's father earn while on jury duty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did local farmers in Nebraska say about their fields that looked as though they were doing well?

2. What are the three "Miss" States that Rose talks about in the first chapter?

3. Why did Mr. Cooley wish they had taken a more westernly route?

4. What did the immigrants give the Wilders when they left, and why?

5. How did Almanzo get the wagon for his family to travel in?

6. How did Rose's parents make money before heading on their journey?

7. What happened on the 5th of August?

8. What did Laura call the James River, and why?

9. What was so different about Stanton?

10. Why were the Wilders so anxious to get on their journey when the weather got good?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which person from this book did you relate with the most? Why is this? How did this person change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

What role does the lap desk play in the story, and what does it symbolize? How is the plot altered by the presence of the lap desk?

Essay Topic 3

Where did the theme of technology appear in this book, and how did it change the course of the Wilder's journey?

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