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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the main musician at prairie dances?
(a) Banjo player.
(b) Drummer.
(c) Fiddler.
(d) Pianist.

2. Which Kansas county was especially ravaged by the Cheyenne and Sioux tribes in 1868?
(a) Mitchell.
(b) Madison.
(c) Mortimer.
(d) McKenna.

3. What disease was particularly devastating for young children on the prairie?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Measles.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Malaria.

4. Professional teachers would sometimes supplement their meager income by ______________________.
(a) Tutoring.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Boarding at one of the students' homes.
(d) Writing books.

5. The majority of prairie teachers were _________________.
(a) Young girls.
(b) Women from bigger cities.
(c) Missionaries.
(d) Frontier mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Children had to spread their time between school and _____________.

2. Which of the following served as furnishings in early frontier churches?

3. 1874 was named ___________________ due to crop devastation.

4. Who cleared paths after major snowstorms?

5. In 1874, the meat of livestock tasted like ____________ because of consuming so many of them.

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