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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did frontier families take shelter during Indian raids?
(a) Their houses.
(b) Military forts.
(c) Churches.
(d) Underground shelters.

2. Which Kansas county was especially ravaged by the Cheyenne and Sioux tribes in 1868?
(a) Madison.
(b) Mortimer.
(c) McKenna.
(d) Mitchell.

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

4. The prairie was usually devoid of trees and ______________.
(a) Large rocks.
(b) Tumbleweed.
(c) Bushes.
(d) Grass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the main musician at prairie dances?

2. Which of the following was a type of house built by the new Kansas settlers?

3. What was Kansas known as prior to the middle of the 19th century?

4. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?

5. Which of the following was true about Anna Brewster Morgan?

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