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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 and Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1874, the meat of livestock tasted like ____________ because of consuming so many of them.
(a) Wasps.
(b) Flies.
(c) Earthworms.
(d) Grasshoppers.

2. What act was passed which opened up Kansas to settlement?
(a) Kansas Land Act.
(b) Kansas Title Act.
(c) Kansas Settlement Act.
(d) Kansas-Nebraska Act.

3. What was the method of transportation chosen by single people or small families to get to Kansas?
(a) Covered wagon.
(b) Boat.
(c) Stagecoach.
(d) Train.

4. Corn farmers usually raised a small amount of livestock for food including hogs and ___________.
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Cows.
(d) Chickens.

5. In the nineteenth century a woman's place was considered to be in ________________.
(a) The garden.
(b) The laundry room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a major source of crop devastation on the prairie?

2. What was a staple in the Kansas farm family diet?

3. What was a constant worry on the prairie?

4. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?

5. Which of the following was a drawback to a dugout dwelling?

(see the answer key)

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