View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 and Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did boy children do to help their fathers?
(a) Write letters.
(b) Visit the banker.
(c) Make guns.
(d) Hunt.

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

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

4. Why did streams run brown in Kansas in 1874?
(a) Mud slides.
(b) Drought.
(c) Indian wars.
(d) Grasshopper excrement.

5. What was a major occasion for social gatherings among prairie families?
(a) Cabin raisings.
(b) Christenings.
(c) Weddings.
(d) Funerals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a favorite recreation for prairie families?

2. Why did Texas ranchers have to rely on cattle drives?

3. Many times the prairie could be a/an ____________ place.

4. Picnics would most often occur on Saturday or ______________.

5. Through which of the following did grasshoppers eat?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 165 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample