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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the most serious crimes on the frontier?
(a) Horse thievery.
(b) Tax evasion.
(c) Land speculation.
(d) Arson.

2. Sarah White and _______________ were two young white women captured by Indians.
(a) Lucille Bronson.
(b) Mary McKenna.
(c) Anna Brewster Morgan.
(d) Sally Ann Madison.

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

4. Which of the following might have served as a church in early frontier life?
(a) Schoolhouse.
(b) Community center.
(c) Clearing in the woods.
(d) Individual homes.

5. Which of the following would often result in birth defects or physical handicaps of a newborn baby?
(a) Poor diet
(b) No pre-natal care.
(c) Injuries.
(d) Bad genes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the prairie women mainly do the family laundry?

3. If a town did not have a schoolhouse, where would the teacher hold class?

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

5. Towns on the frontier had a(n) ______________ quality.

(see the answer key)

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