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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. What was a popular and relatively comfortable mode of transportation to reach Kansas?
(a) Covered wagon.
(b) Train.
(c) Boat.
(d) Stage coach.

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

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

4. Many times the prairie could be a/an ____________ place.
(a) Fascinating.
(b) Exhilirating.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Forbidding.

5. What became the staple crops for the Kansas farmer?
(a) Wheat and corn.
(b) Potatoes and corn.
(c) Rye and corn.
(d) Wheat and soybeans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through which of the following did grasshoppers eat?

2. Which of the following male tasks did prairie women take on?

3. What was the method of transportation chosen by single people or small families to get to Kansas?

4. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?

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

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