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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. Through which of the following did grasshoppers eat?
(a) Cows.
(b) Horses.
(c) Crops.
(d) Dust.

2. What was the weight of the average sod house?
(a) 10 tons.
(b) 5 tons.
(c) 90 tons.
(d) 2 tons.

3. Which of the following did the settlers look for in determining where to make their homes?
(a) Meadows.
(b) Fertile soil
(c) Good neighbors.
(d) No neighbors.

4. What act was passed which opened up Kansas to settlement?
(a) Kansas Title Act.
(b) Kansas Settlement Act.
(c) Kansas-Nebraska Act.
(d) Kansas Land Act.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Corn farmers usually raised a small amount of livestock for food including hogs and ___________.

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

3. At what distance were horses changed on a stagecoach route?

4. Which of the following skills did most prairie women possess?

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

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