After reading through the website, print out and take the quiz.
| 1. What did pioneer
parents use to pay teachers who taught their children?
a) dirt, fans, and chairs b) food, clothing, and firewood c) candles, computers, and books d) paper, maps, and telephones |
11. Blacksmiths who
made horseshoes were called:
a) horseshoe makers b) horsies c) terriers d) farriers |
| 2. Where was it dangerous
for pioneer children to play?
a) general store b) church c) school d) sawmill |
12. What special name
did they call a preacher that went from town to town to do services?
a) busy preacher b) circuit preacher c) lazy preacher d) Pony Express preacher |
| 3. What did they fill
the cracks with to keep the wind out of their cabins?
a) mud b) cow manure c) glue d) sandpaper |
13. What was it called
when the women got together to sew a bedcover?
a) sewing contest b) quilting bee c) cornhusking bee d) bedcover session |
| 4. What was the name
for the boiled candle wax?
a) oil b) glue c) fuel d) tallow |
14. When the pioneers
were tanning skins what did they put it in?
a) dirt b) borax c) acid d) milk |
| 5. The lye used in soapmaking
was made from:
a) mud b) gas c) ashes d) stones |
15. What type of food
did the Indians grow?
a) fruit, candy, cotton b) flour, bread, pop c) yeast, nuts, pickles d) corn, squash, beans |
| 6. What is the
name of a disease like malaria that the pioneers might catch
a) ague b) pneumonia c) epilepsy d) measles |
16. In what season did
prairie fires usually start?
a) summer b) winter c) spring d) fall |
| 7. When pioneers made
laundry soap, they used:
a) ginseng b) borax c) bayberry d) fish |
17. What could frighten
the farm animals?
a) lightning b) sun c) stars d) moon |
| 8. How did pioneer children
keep warm in school?
a) spaceheater b) big stove in the middle of the room c) blankets d) fan |
18. How did Buffalo
Bill Cody get his nickname?
a) he liked to eat buffalo meat b) he killed a lot of buffalo c) he was afraid of buffalo d) he looked like a buffalo |
| 9. What was the hardest
weather for the pioneers to travel through on the journey to the west?
a) hurricanes b) hail c) blizzards d) spring thaw |
19. What did Jim Bowie
have named after him?
a) a gun b) a house c) a knife d) a car |
| 10. General stores didn't
sell:
a) wood b) toys c) food d) bibles |
20. What was Davy Crockett's
rifle named?
a) Suzy b) Lucy c) Winifred d) hooBetsy |