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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following would occur on the Fourth of July?
(a) Church service.
(b) Court.
(c) Concerts.
(d) Sack races.

2. As a result of the new railroad as well as the Homestead Act of 1862, Native Americans were pushed into the state of _____________.
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Montana.
(d) Arizona.

3. Who was the Cheyenne chief who led his warriors on a killing spree through Kansas?
(a) Chief Dull Knife.
(b) Chief Sitting Bull.
(c) Chief Lame Deer.
(d) Chief Geronimo.

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

5. When a General Store grew, it divided into separate departments that could include ______________.
(a) Pharmacy.
(b) Aromatherapy.
(c) Books.
(d) Magazines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were inns hard to maintain on the frontier?

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

3. Which of the following male tasks did prairie women take on?

4. Branches were often whittled into dolls and _____________ for children's toys.

5. In prairie schools at a teacher's home the same material would be taught to children of all ages and there were no _____________.

(see the answer key)

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