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

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

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

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

5. Who was the Cheyenne chief who led his warriors on a killing spree through Kansas?
(a) Chief Lame Deer.
(b) Chief Geronimo.
(c) Chief Dull Knife.
(d) Chief Sitting Bull.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Prairie life made the woman ____________ her husband.

3. Which Kansas county was especially ravaged by the Cheyenne and Sioux tribes in 1868?

4. Who cleared paths after major snowstorms?

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

(see the answer key)

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