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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. Which of the following diseases was common among the Kansas settlers?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Measles.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Diabetes.

2. From which of the following did teachers teach in frontier schools?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Their own lessons.
(c) University books.
(d) Magazines.

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

4. Which of the following did the school districts control?
(a) Native American laws.
(b) Graduations.
(c) Tax levies.
(d) Hiring of preachers.

5. What served as a blackboard in a teacher's home?
(a) Dirt floor.
(b) Wood planks.
(c) Walls.
(d) Cotton material.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cleared paths after major snowstorms?

2. Which of the following could cripple the settlers during the winter?

3. Where did the prairie women mainly do the family laundry?

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

5. Which of the following did boy children do to help their fathers?

(see the answer key)

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