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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. Towns on the frontier had a(n) ______________ quality.
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Innovative.
(c) Robust.
(d) Boom or bust.

2. To which of the following were Kansas settlers subjected?
(a) Monsoons.
(b) Hurricanes.
(c) Blizzards.
(d) Tsunamis.

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

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

5. Native Americans would often come uninvited into the settlers' homes and marvel at plates and __________________.
(a) Tables.
(b) Beds.
(c) Chiming clocks.
(d) Pillows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following would often result in birth defects or physical handicaps of a newborn baby?

2. Children had to spread their time between school and _____________.

3. What was the mode of transportation chosen by families to reach Kansas?

4. To what city had the Kansas Pacific Railroad reached by 1870?

5. How much was the average pay for a month's work on a cattle drive?

(see the answer key)

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