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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. How much were the big watermelons at Ash Grove?

2. What was the name of the town the Wilders were moving to?

3. What did Almanzo want to establish on the land he bought?

4. Where did the Wilders live when they first got to Mansfield?

5. How did Almanzo respond to the missing money?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did the Wilders get to Mansfield?

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

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

5. How did Laura describe St. Marys?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jealousy is a pretty strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The tone changes frequently in this book. What are the major places where this change in tone comes about, and what causes these changes?

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