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

2. What was the nickname for sod blocks?
(a) Prairie marble.
(b) Prairie manna.
(c) Grass stacks.
(d) Grass bricks.

3. To which of the following were Kansas settlers subjected?
(a) Blizzards.
(b) Monsoons.
(c) Hurricanes.
(d) Tsunamis.

4. Why did streams run brown in Kansas in 1874?
(a) Drought.
(b) Indian wars.
(c) Grasshopper excrement.
(d) Mud slides.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?

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

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

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

5. To what city had the Kansas Pacific Railroad reached by 1870?

(see the answer key)

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