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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. Which of the following did girl children do to help their mothers?
(a) Mend.
(b) Make potions.
(c) Plant.
(d) Harvest.

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

3. In what year were Native American tribes first forcibly forced to move west of the Mississippi River?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1890.

4. What was the nickname for sod blocks?
(a) Prairie marble.
(b) Grass bricks.
(c) Grass stacks.
(d) Prairie manna.

5. What was the most crucial component for a homestead?
(a) Water.
(b) Rich soil.
(c) Trees.
(d) Sod.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following adorned the Christmas trees of prairie families?

3. Prairie families tended to be large because of _______________________.

4. Native Americans did not regard land as _______________________.

5. What was a popular and relatively comfortable mode of transportation to reach Kansas?

(see the answer key)

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