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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 big were the watermelons at Ash Grove?

2. What did Rose name the lost dog found in Kansas?

3. What was so beautiful to Laura about Jones Spring?

4. What did the Wilders take a detour in Kansas to see?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What, in Topeka, impressed Laura?

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

3. What happened to one of the horses in Rossville?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where did the Wilders live while they worked on getting a home?

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 are Rose's final words in the book, and what do they imply? How do these words sum up the entire theme of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Laura has her own theory for how women should be allowed to act. What is this theory, and how does her life exemplify this?

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