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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 and Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Picnics would most often occur on Saturday or ______________.
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

2. Which of the following describes how Native Americans were viewed by the settlers?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Joy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Acceptance.

3. Branches were often whittled into dolls and _____________ for children's toys.
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Kazoos.
(c) Ball bats.
(d) Whistles.

4. Many times the prairie could be a/an ____________ place.
(a) Forbidding.
(b) Fascinating.
(c) Exhilirating.
(d) Lonely.

5. Which Kansas county was especially ravaged by the Cheyenne and Sioux tribes in 1868?
(a) Mortimer.
(b) Mitchell.
(c) McKenna.
(d) Madison.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What became the staple crops for the Kansas farmer?

4. Which of the following diseases was common among the Kansas settlers?

5. The prairie was usually devoid of trees and ______________.

(see the answer key)

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