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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) Wolf skins.
(b) Cowhide.
(c) Buffalo skins.
(d) Mink.

2. As a result of the new railroad as well as the Homestead Act of 1862, Native Americans were pushed into the state of _____________.
(a) Colorado.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Montana.
(d) Arizona.

3. What would announce that the Fourth of July had arrived?
(a) Bugle blast.
(b) Cannon blast.
(c) Rifle shots.
(d) Church bells.

4. The western plains Indians were usually _______________.
(a) Friendly.
(b) Warlike.
(c) Peacemakers.
(d) Farmers.

5. With what did the settlers beat back fires from their houses?
(a) Water.
(b) Wet coats.
(c) Sod.
(d) Sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sarah White and _______________ were two young white women captured by Indians.

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

3. Many times the prairie could be a/an ____________ place.

4. Native Americans did not regard land as _______________________.

5. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?

(see the answer key)

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