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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following would often result in birth defects or physical handicaps of a newborn baby?
(a) Injuries.
(b) Poor diet
(c) Bad genes.
(d) No pre-natal care.

3. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?
(a) Shortage of labor.
(b) To get the homestead started faster.
(c) They signed a contract.
(d) Their husbands died early.

4. Why were times of illness, pregnancy and childbirth especially frightful times for prairie women?
(a) There were no midwives.
(b) They were a long way from any medical help.
(c) They were a long way from their families.
(d) The doctors would not make house calls.

5. In 1874, the meat of livestock tasted like ____________ because of consuming so many of them.
(a) Earthworms.
(b) Grasshoppers.
(c) Wasps.
(d) Flies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of animals usually worked the plow?

2. Who cleared paths after major snowstorms?

3. The prairie was usually devoid of trees and ______________.

4. What was the most valued source of fuel on the prairie?

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

(see the answer key)

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