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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following occurred in the Kansas Drought of 1860?
(a) Theft.
(b) Prairie fires.
(c) Crippled harvests.
(d) Exodus.

2. Why were men not attracted to frontier teaching positions?
(a) They didn't have the education.
(b) They didn't think it was manly work.
(c) They preferred to farm.
(d) Insufficient salary.

3. If a town did not have a schoolhouse, where would the teacher hold class?
(a) In her own home.
(b) In the church.
(c) In the dry good store.
(d) In a dugout.

4. Many settlers found strength in ____________ when hardships came their way.
(a) Each other.
(b) Themselves.
(c) God.
(d) The government.

5. Where was a good place for a man to find a good woman?
(a) Ice cream socials.
(b) Bachelors Balls.
(c) School.
(d) Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Native Americans would often come uninvited into the settlers' homes and marvel at plates and __________________.

2. What was a major source of crop devastation on the prairie?

3. Who was the main musician at prairie dances?

4. Which of the following did the school districts control?

5. What kind of plow was used to turn the earth?

(see the answer key)

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