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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most crucial component for a homestead?

2. Where did the prairie women mainly do the family laundry?

3. What is the method used to find water in underground springs?

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

5. What was the nickname for sod blocks?

(see the answer key)

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