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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would usually happen to someone caught stealing a horse?
(a) He would be sentenced to prison.
(b) He would be whipped.
(c) He would be hanged.
(d) He would be run out of town.

2. The nature of a town could be changed with diverted railroad traffic or _____________________.
(a) An altered stagecoach line.
(b) Lots of new settlers.
(c) Government intervention.
(d) A new sheriff.

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 a dugout.
(d) In the dry good store.

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

5. What location in a frontier town was popular as a rest stop for travelers?
(a) Dry Good Store.
(b) Hotel.
(c) Saloon.
(d) Church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was known to batter crops during the summer months?

3. Where would a typical dance be held on the prairie?

4. What did prairie families look forward to?

5. Which of the following diseases was common among the Kansas settlers?

(see the answer key)

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