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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. Which of the following did boy children do to help their fathers?
(a) Make guns.
(b) Write letters.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Visit the banker.

2. What did prairie families look forward to?
(a) Social visits.
(b) Church services.
(c) Barn raising.
(d) Quilting bees.

3. What was the most crucial component for a homestead?
(a) Rich soil.
(b) Sod.
(c) Water.
(d) Trees.

4. Some prairie women were called upon to perform minor surgery and to ______________.
(a) Stitch cuts.
(b) Give inoculations.
(c) Dress the dead for burial.
(d) Dispense pills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year were Native American tribes first forcibly forced to move west of the Mississippi River?

2. To which of the following were Kansas settlers subjected?

3. With what did the settlers beat back fires from their houses?

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

5. What was the nickname for sod blocks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What natural threats were ever present for prairie families?

3. What type of clothing did the pioneering families wear and how did the women keep them clean?

4. How did prairie life put women on equal footing with their husbands in the family dynamic?

5. What behavior of the Native Americans would catch the homesteaders off guard in their homes?

6. When did the railroad become a viable method of transportation west?

7. Why would prairie women suffer bouts of loneliness?

8. What were the major diseases that plagued the homesteaders and what role did women play in health care?

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

10. Explain the roles of children in the prairie family.

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