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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Some prairie women were called upon to perform minor surgery and to ______________.
(a) Dispense pills.
(b) Dress the dead for burial.
(c) Stitch cuts.
(d) Give inoculations.
2. What was a popular and relatively comfortable mode of transportation to reach Kansas?
(a) Stage coach.
(b) Train.
(c) Boat.
(d) Covered wagon.
3. Which of the following did boy children do to help their fathers?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Write letters.
(c) Make guns.
(d) Visit the banker.
4. Where would a typical dance be held on the prairie?
(a) Barn.
(b) General store.
(c) Town hall.
(d) Meadow.
5. The western plains Indians were usually _______________.
(a) Warlike.
(b) Peacemakers.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Farmers.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the method used to find water in underground springs?
2. What type of animals usually worked the plow?
3. Where did frontier families take shelter during Indian raids?
4. Which of the following did the settlers look for in determining where to make their homes?
5. Who cleared paths after major snowstorms?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did pioneer children do to amuse themselves?
2. When did the railroad become a viable method of transportation west?
3. Why would prairie women suffer bouts of loneliness?
4. Describe the devastation of "The Grasshopper Year" in 1874.
5. What natural threats were ever present for prairie families?
6. What were the sources of hostility between the Native Americans and the homesteaders?
7. What was the priority of the homesteaders upon arriving at their land?
8. Describe a typical picnic for the homesteaders.
9. What was the incident at Sand Creek and what resulted from it?
10. Explain "water witching."
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