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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 did Laura joke about when she heard cowbells?

2. How did Almanzo find the right land for him to purchase?

3. Who did Laura think lost the money for the down payment?

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

5. Why did Almanzo hire a man to help him clear land?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Laura describe St. Marys?

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

5. What did Laura do while Almanzo worked on clearing the land?

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

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

8. When did the Wilders get to Mansfield?

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

10. Why did the people around Fort Scott not farm the good land outside of the town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Laura was fascinated with the Russian immigrants she met. What caused this fascination, and how did it affect her demeanor for the remainder of the trip?

Essay Topic 2

Almanzo is an upbeat man. How does this major feature about him affect the people around him? What are people's first impressions of him, and how does this affect Almanzo's capacity to lead? Make sure you support your answers with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

The people in this narrative all had their own goals and motivations. Select 4 people and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the people around them.

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