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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the method used to find water in underground springs?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Water witching.
(c) Plot maps.
(d) Indian signs.

2. Which of the following did the school districts control?
(a) Graduations.
(b) Hiring of preachers.
(c) Tax levies.
(d) Native American laws.

3. The western plains Indians were usually _______________.
(a) Peacemakers.
(b) Warlike.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Friendly.

4. What served as a blackboard in a teacher's home?
(a) Dirt floor.
(b) Walls.
(c) Wood planks.
(d) Cotton material.

5. In what year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1810.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Kansas county was especially ravaged by the Cheyenne and Sioux tribes in 1868?

2. With what did the settlers beat back fires from their houses?

3. Kansas was predominantly ______________ at this time.

4. The disappearance of _______________ made the Native American visits less friendly.

5. Prairie life made the woman ____________ her husband.

(see the answer key)

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