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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Branches were often whittled into dolls and _____________ for children's toys.
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Whistles.
(c) Kazoos.
(d) Ball bats.

2. The disappearance of _______________ made the Native American visits less friendly.
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Horses.
(c) Deer.
(d) Turkeys.

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

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

5. Prairie life made the woman ____________ her husband.
(a) Subservient to.
(b) In awe of.
(c) Equal to.
(d) Complain about.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What became the staple crops for the Kansas farmer?

3. What was the most valued source of fuel on the prairie?

4. Which of the following skills did most prairie women possess?

5. As a result of the new railroad as well as the Homestead Act of 1862, Native Americans were pushed into the state of _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the priority of the homesteaders upon arriving at their land?

2. What was a typical social visit between pioneer families and why were the social times so valued?

3. What were some of the methods of transportation for people moving west to Kansas?

4. Prior to the mid 19th century, as what was Kansas known and what happened in 1854 to change that?

5. What crops were the mainstays of Kansas crops and what else did the families eat?

6. Explain why pregnancy and childbirth were especially trying times for women and what complications were there for the newborns?

7. What was the pioneer family's priority after establishing its homestead?

8. Why would prairie women suffer bouts of loneliness?

9. Name the benefits and drawbacks of homesteading in eastern Kansas and western Kansas.

10. Describe how a winter storm was so incapacitating to prairie families.

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