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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following male tasks did prairie women take on?
(a) Business meetings.
(b) Planting.
(c) Buying seed.
(d) Fishing.

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

6. Which of the following was true about Anna Brewster Morgan?
(a) She was captured by Indians.
(b) She founded the University of Kansas.
(c) She organized a prairie women's group.
(d) She was the best shot in the West.

7. Construction on what railroad began in 1862?
(a) Union Pacific Railroad.
(b) Norfolk Southern Railroad.
(c) Kansas Pacific Railroad.
(d) B&O Railroad.

8. Where did the prairie women mainly do the family laundry?
(a) A well.
(b) A pond.
(c) A stream.
(d) A kettle.

9. The prairie was usually devoid of trees and ______________.
(a) Grass.
(b) Tumbleweed.
(c) Bushes.
(d) Large rocks.

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

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

12. The western plains Indians were usually _______________.
(a) Farmers.
(b) Peacemakers.
(c) Warlike.
(d) Friendly.

13. What was a constant worry on the prairie?
(a) Wind.
(b) Hurricane.
(c) Fire.
(d) Sunburn.

14. Which of the following did the settlers look for in determining where to make their homes?
(a) Fertile soil
(b) Meadows.
(c) Good neighbors.
(d) No neighbors.

15. What was the method of transportation chosen by single people or small families to get to Kansas?
(a) Train.
(b) Covered wagon.
(c) Boat.
(d) Stagecoach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was known to batter crops during the summer months?

2. Which of the following did girl children do to help their mothers?

3. Which of the following was a type of house built by the new Kansas settlers?

4. What would announce that the Fourth of July had arrived?

5. Sarah White and _______________ were two young white women captured by Indians.

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