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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some prairie women were called upon to perform minor surgery and to ______________.
(a) Give inoculations.
(b) Dispense pills.
(c) Stitch cuts.
(d) Dress the dead for burial.

2. Many times the prairie could be a/an ____________ place.
(a) Forbidding.
(b) Exhilirating.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Fascinating.

3. Where did frontier families take shelter during Indian raids?
(a) Their houses.
(b) Military forts.
(c) Underground shelters.
(d) Churches.

4. Which of the following occurred in the Kansas Drought of 1860?
(a) Crippled harvests.
(b) Theft.
(c) Exodus.
(d) Prairie fires.

5. What was known to batter crops during the summer months?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Hurricanes.
(c) Hailstones.
(d) Bats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Small animals like ducks and __________ would provide fascination for prairie children.

2. Hundreds of ______________ Indians were slaughtered by the U.S. government in 1864.

3. Which of the following was a type of house built by the new Kansas settlers?

4. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?

5. What was a favorite recreation for prairie families?

(see the answer key)

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