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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 famous immigrant community in Kansas?
(a) Victoria.
(b) Abilene.
(c) Newport.
(d) Statesboro.

2. Which of the following adorned the Christmas trees of prairie families?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) Lights.
(c) Candy canes.
(d) Tinsel.

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

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

5. Where was a good place for a man to find a good woman?
(a) School.
(b) Ice cream socials.
(c) Bachelors Balls.
(d) Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cleared paths after major snowstorms?

2. Which of the following would occur on the Fourth of July?

3. What would announce that the Fourth of July had arrived?

4. Why did streams run brown in Kansas in 1874?

5. For how long did the Kansas Drought of 1860 last?

(see the answer key)

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