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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 and Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Many times the prairie could be a/an ____________ place.
(a) Forbidding.
(b) Fascinating.
(c) Exhilirating.
(d) Lonely.

4. Why were times of illness, pregnancy and childbirth especially frightful times for prairie women?
(a) There were no midwives.
(b) They were a long way from their families.
(c) They were a long way from any medical help.
(d) The doctors would not make house calls.

5. Prairie families tended to be large because of _______________________.
(a) No birth control.
(b) A high rate of child mortality.
(c) The need to gain more land.
(d) Families needing workers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the cook feed the men on a cattle drive?

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

4. How much was the average pay for a month's work on a cattle drive?

5. What was a constant worry on the prairie?

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