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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. What was especially valued for their ability to keep out the cold?
(a) Buffalo skins.
(b) Wolf skins.
(c) Mink.
(d) Cowhide.

2. Where did the prairie women mainly do the family laundry?
(a) A pond.
(b) A stream.
(c) A well.
(d) A kettle.

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

4. Which of the following skills did most prairie women possess?
(a) Scouting.
(b) Shearing sheep.
(c) Writing.
(d) Teaching.

5. Many settlers found strength in ____________ when hardships came their way.
(a) Themselves.
(b) Each other.
(c) God.
(d) The government.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was a good place for a man to find a good woman?

3. Which of the following did the settlers look for in determining where to make their homes?

4. Native Americans did not regard land as _______________________.

5. What would announce that the Fourth of July had arrived?

(see the answer key)

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