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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 and Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of animals usually worked the plow?
(a) Mules.
(b) Cows.
(c) Horses.
(d) Oxen.

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

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

4. What was known to batter crops during the summer months?
(a) Bats.
(b) Hurricanes.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Hailstones.

5. Which of the following could cripple the settlers during the winter?
(a) Leaks in sod houses.
(b) No food.
(c) Bitter cold.
(d) No firewood.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city had the Kansas Pacific Railroad reached by 1870?

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

3. What was a staple in the Kansas farm family diet?

4. Which of the following was a drawback to a dugout dwelling?

5. 1874 was named ___________________ due to crop devastation.

(see the answer key)

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