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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did speculators offer businesses to come to town?
(a) Free advertising.
(b) Free real estate.
(c) Free housing.
(d) Tax breaks.

2. At what distance were horses changed on a stagecoach route?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 15 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 5 miles.

3. What was the most-celebrated holiday among prairie families?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Fourth of July.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) New Year's.

4. What was the weight of the average sod house?
(a) 10 tons.
(b) 90 tons.
(c) 5 tons.
(d) 2 tons.

5. Where did the cook feed the men on a cattle drive?
(a) Big table.
(b) Chuck wagon.
(c) Supper tent.
(d) Grub lean-to.

Short Answer Questions

1. Branches were often whittled into dolls and _____________ for children's toys.

2. What was an issue of constant tension in Kansas from its very beginning?

3. Which of the following might have served as a church in early frontier life?

4. How did the frontier circuit preacher supplement his meager income?

5. Which of the following occurred in the Kansas Drought of 1860?

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