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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease was particularly devastating for young children on the prairie?
(a) Measles.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Scarlet fever.

2. Who was the main musician at prairie dances?
(a) Pianist.
(b) Fiddler.
(c) Banjo player.
(d) Drummer.

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

4. What was a popular and relatively comfortable mode of transportation to reach Kansas?
(a) Boat.
(b) Stage coach.
(c) Covered wagon.
(d) Train.

5. The disappearance of _______________ made the Native American visits less friendly.
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Horses.
(c) Deer.
(d) Buffalo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did streams run brown in Kansas in 1874?

2. Where did frontier families take shelter during Indian raids?

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

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

5. What was Kansas known as prior to the middle of the 19th century?

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