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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 the most valued source of fuel on the prairie?
(a) Cow dung.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Oil.

2. With what did the settlers beat back fires from their houses?
(a) Wet coats.
(b) Sand.
(c) Water.
(d) Sod.

3. What disease was particularly devastating for young children on the prairie?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Measles.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Malaria.

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

5. In what year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why were times of illness, pregnancy and childbirth especially frightful times for prairie women?

3. What kind of plow was used to turn the earth?

4. What type of animals usually worked the plow?

5. What was known to batter crops during the summer months?

(see the answer key)

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