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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a constant worry on the prairie?
(a) Sunburn.
(b) Hurricane.
(c) Fire.
(d) Wind.

2. What type of animals usually worked the plow?
(a) Mules.
(b) Horses.
(c) Cows.
(d) Oxen.

3. For how long did the Kansas Drought of 1860 last?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 months.

4. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?
(a) Norfolk Southern Railroad.
(b) Union Pacific Railroad.
(c) Kansas Pacific Railroad.
(d) B&O Railroad.

5. Which of the following did girl children do to help their mothers?
(a) Mend.
(b) Make potions.
(c) Harvest.
(d) Plant.

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

7. Small animals like ducks and __________ would provide fascination for prairie children.
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Ferrets.
(c) Hamsters.
(d) Dogs.

8. Which of the following diseases was common among the Kansas settlers?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Measles.
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Cholera.

9. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?
(a) They signed a contract.
(b) Their husbands died early.
(c) Shortage of labor.
(d) To get the homestead started faster.

10. Picnics would most often occur on Saturday or ______________.
(a) Friday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Thursday.

11. With which of the following crops did Kansas farmers experiment?
(a) Soy beans.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Tomatoes.

12. Prairie life made the woman ____________ her husband.
(a) In awe of.
(b) Complain about.
(c) Subservient to.
(d) Equal to.

13. At what distance were horses changed on a stagecoach route?
(a) 50 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 15 miles.

14. Branches were often whittled into dolls and _____________ for children's toys.
(a) Ball bats.
(b) Kazoos.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Whistles.

15. Social events on the prairie centered around supper and _________________.
(a) Races.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Storytelling.
(d) Fishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the mode of transportation chosen by families to reach Kansas?

2. Some prairie women were called upon to perform minor surgery and to ______________.

3. Through which of the following did grasshoppers eat?

4. Who cleared paths after major snowstorms?

5. Native Americans did not regard land as _______________________.

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