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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the most-celebrated holiday among prairie families?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) New Year's.
(c) Fourth of July.
(d) Christmas.

2. Where did the cook feed the men on a cattle drive?
(a) Supper tent.
(b) Grub lean-to.
(c) Chuck wagon.
(d) Big table.

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

4. Many settlers found strength in ____________ when hardships came their way.
(a) The government.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Each other.
(d) God.

5. How many English people were attracted to settle in Victoria?
(a) 500.
(b) 200.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would a typical dance be held on the prairie?

2. Which of the following towns sprang up around the cattle drive business?

3. What is one of the reasons that homesteaders liked cowboys coming through their territory?

4. What is one of the reasons that homesteaders did not like cowboys coming through their territory?

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

(see the answer key)

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