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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. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?
(a) Shortage of labor.
(b) To get the homestead started faster.
(c) They signed a contract.
(d) Their husbands died early.

2. Which of the following was a type of house built by the new Kansas settlers?
(a) Log cabin.
(b) Brick house.
(c) Stone house.
(d) Stucco house.

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

4. Which of the following skills did most prairie women possess?
(a) Writing.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Shearing sheep.
(d) Scouting.

5. How much land did the government promise each Kansas settler?
(a) 160 acres.
(b) 100 acres.
(c) 30 acres.
(d) 50 acres.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the mode of transportation chosen by families to reach Kansas?

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

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

4. What act was passed which opened up Kansas to settlement?

5. What was a staple in the Kansas farm family diet?

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