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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 did boy children do to help their fathers?
(a) Visit the banker.
(b) Make guns.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Write letters.

2. Native Americans did not regard land as _______________________.
(a) Eternal.
(b) Sacred.
(c) Property to be parceled and sold.
(d) Their own.

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

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

5. In 1874, the meat of livestock tasted like ____________ because of consuming so many of them.
(a) Wasps.
(b) Earthworms.
(c) Flies.
(d) Grasshoppers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The disappearance of _______________ made the Native American visits less friendly.

2. Who cleared paths after major snowstorms?

3. If a town did not have a schoolhouse, where would the teacher hold class?

4. Why did circuit riding become popular among frontier preachers?

5. With what did the settlers beat back fires from their houses?

(see the answer key)

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