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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. How much land did the government promise each Kansas settler?
(a) 50 acres.
(b) 160 acres.
(c) 100 acres.
(d) 30 acres.

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

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

4. The prairie was usually devoid of trees and ______________.
(a) Grass.
(b) Large rocks.
(c) Bushes.
(d) Tumbleweed.

5. What was Kansas known as prior to the middle of the 19th century?
(a) Halfway to Heaven.
(b) The Great American Desert.
(c) The Middle of Nowhere.
(d) God's Country.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did the Kansas Drought of 1860 last?

2. Some prairie women were called upon to perform minor surgery and to ______________.

3. The howl of coyotes and _________ would frighten settlers especially at night.

4. Why did prairie women tend to do more typically male jobs than before?

5. What was the nickname for sod blocks?

(see the answer key)

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