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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 and Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what city had the Kansas Pacific Railroad reached by 1870?
(a) Bozeman.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Denver.
(d) Provo.

2. Which of the following male tasks did prairie women take on?
(a) Planting.
(b) Business meetings.
(c) Buying seed.
(d) Fishing.

3. Prairie life made the woman ____________ her husband.
(a) Complain about.
(b) Equal to.
(c) Subservient to.
(d) In awe of.

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

5. With which of the following crops did Kansas farmers experiment?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Soy beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. The prairie was usually devoid of trees and ______________.

2. Which of the following occurred in the Kansas Drought of 1860?

3. Many settlers found strength in ____________ when hardships came their way.

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

5. What was especially valued for their ability to keep out the cold?

(see the answer key)

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