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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a town did not have a schoolhouse, where would the teacher hold class?
(a) In a dugout.
(b) In her own home.
(c) In the dry good store.
(d) In the church.

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

3. What was a favorite recreation for prairie families?
(a) Picnics.
(b) Horse races.
(c) Concerts.
(d) Ice cream socials.

4. Professional teachers would sometimes supplement their meager income by ______________________.
(a) Sewing.
(b) Tutoring.
(c) Boarding at one of the students' homes.
(d) Writing books.

5. In prairie schools at a teacher's home the same material would be taught to children of all ages and there were no _____________.
(a) Recesses.
(b) Exams.
(c) Grades.
(d) Scholarships.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following crops did Kansas farmers experiment?

2. With what did the settlers beat back fires from their houses?

3. What was a major occasion for social gatherings among prairie families?

4. In what year were Native American tribes first forcibly forced to move west of the Mississippi River?

5. When newspapers grew they became more subjective and filled with _______________.

(see the answer key)

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