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

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

3. What lured people from the east to head to Kansas to settle?
(a) Low taxes.
(b) Cheap land.
(c) Abundant water.
(d) Fertile soil.

4. Many times the prairie could be a/an ____________ place.
(a) Fascinating.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Exhilirating.
(d) Forbidding.

5. The eastern and central plains Indians were usually _______________.
(a) Invasive.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Shy.
(d) Aggressive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would a typical dance be held on the prairie?

2. Which of the following would occur on the Fourth of July?

3. What was the most crucial component for a homestead?

4. What type of animals usually worked the plow?

5. Some prairie women were called upon to perform minor surgery and to ______________.

(see the answer key)

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