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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some prairie women were called upon to perform minor surgery and to ______________.
(a) Dress the dead for burial.
(b) Give inoculations.
(c) Stitch cuts.
(d) Dispense pills.

2. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?
(a) B&O Railroad.
(b) Union Pacific Railroad.
(c) Norfolk Southern Railroad.
(d) Kansas Pacific Railroad.

3. What was the method of transportation chosen by single people or small families to get to Kansas?
(a) Stagecoach.
(b) Train.
(c) Boat.
(d) Covered wagon.

4. What was especially valued for their ability to keep out the cold?
(a) Cowhide.
(b) Mink.
(c) Buffalo skins.
(d) Wolf skins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most valued source of fuel on the prairie?

2. Which of the following was a drawback to a dugout dwelling?

3. Which of the following did the settlers look for in determining where to make their homes?

4. What was the nickname for sod blocks?

5. In the nineteenth century a woman's place was considered to be in ________________.

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