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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through which of the following did grasshoppers eat?
(a) Horses.
(b) Crops.
(c) Dust.
(d) Cows.

2. Which of the following skills did most prairie women possess?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Scouting.
(c) Shearing sheep.
(d) Writing.

3. In 1874, the meat of livestock tasted like ____________ because of consuming so many of them.
(a) Wasps.
(b) Flies.
(c) Grasshoppers.
(d) Earthworms.

4. Eventually the differences between the Native Americans and the settlers caused ________________ on both sides.
(a) Deaths.
(b) Illnesses.
(c) Hostilities.
(d) Wars.

5. Which of the following diseases was common among the Kansas settlers?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Measles.
(d) Cholera.

6. What was a staple in the Kansas farm family diet?
(a) Soybeans.
(b) Corn.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Sugar.

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

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

9. What was known to batter crops during the summer months?
(a) Hurricanes.
(b) Bats.
(c) Hailstones.
(d) Locusts.

10. Who was the Cheyenne chief who led his warriors on a killing spree through Kansas?
(a) Chief Geronimo.
(b) Chief Lame Deer.
(c) Chief Dull Knife.
(d) Chief Sitting Bull.

11. In what year were Native American tribes first forcibly forced to move west of the Mississippi River?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1910.

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

13. What kind of plow was used to turn the earth?
(a) Sod buster plow.
(b) Breaking plow.
(c) Garden plow.
(d) Earth mover plow.

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

15. Which of the following was a drawback to a dugout dwelling?
(a) Blizzards.
(b) Insect.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The disappearance of _______________ made the Native American visits less friendly.

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

3. At what distance were horses changed on a stagecoach route?

4. The howl of coyotes and _________ would frighten settlers especially at night.

5. Why did streams run brown in Kansas in 1874?

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