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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the frontier circuit preacher supplement his meager income?
(a) Shoed horses.
(b) Tutored students.
(c) Relied on housing and food from his congregation.
(d) Did carpentry work.

2. Where was a good place for a man to find a good woman?
(a) Ice cream socials.
(b) Church.
(c) Bachelors Balls.
(d) School.

3. To what city had the Kansas Pacific Railroad reached by 1870?
(a) Bozeman.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Provo.
(d) Denver.

4. If a frontier town didn't have a jail, a prisoner might be locked up in __________________.
(a) A stagecoach.
(b) A stable.
(c) A church.
(d) An underground bunker.

5. What became the staple crops for the Kansas farmer?
(a) Potatoes and corn.
(b) Wheat and corn.
(c) Wheat and soybeans.
(d) Rye and corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a popular and relatively comfortable mode of transportation to reach Kansas?

2. What was the most-celebrated holiday among prairie families?

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

4. The majority of prairie teachers were _________________.

5. What organization initiated real change in the temperance movement in Kansas?

(see the answer key)

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