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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of animals usually worked the plow?
(a) Horses.
(b) Cows.
(c) Oxen.
(d) Mules.

2. What was known to batter crops during the summer months?
(a) Bats.
(b) Hailstones.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Hurricanes.

3. Many settlers found strength in ____________ when hardships came their way.
(a) God.
(b) Themselves.
(c) The government.
(d) Each other.

4. What would usually happen to someone caught stealing a horse?
(a) He would be hanged.
(b) He would be whipped.
(c) He would be run out of town.
(d) He would be sentenced to prison.

5. Which of the following served as furnishings in early frontier churches?
(a) Windsor chairs.
(b) Fireplaces.
(c) Backless benches.
(d) Brocade drapes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first schoolhouses usually had nothing more than a stove and a __________________.

2. Why were men not attracted to frontier teaching positions?

3. From which of the following did teachers teach in frontier schools?

4. Which of the following did the school districts control?

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

(see the answer key)

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