View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following could cripple the settlers during the winter?
(a) No food.
(b) Bitter cold.
(c) No firewood.
(d) Leaks in sod houses.

2. With what did the settlers beat back fires from their houses?
(a) Wet coats.
(b) Water.
(c) Sod.
(d) Sand.

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

4. What kind of plow was used to turn the earth?
(a) Garden plow.
(b) Breaking plow.
(c) Sod buster plow.
(d) Earth mover plow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were times of illness, pregnancy and childbirth especially frightful times for prairie women?

2. Which of the following skills did most prairie women possess?

3. What served as a blackboard in a teacher's home?

4. Which of the following adorned the Christmas trees of prairie families?

5. Corn farmers usually raised a small amount of livestock for food including hogs and ___________.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 192 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample