Below is a quiz to take. After reading through our website, take the quiz and see how well you learned about pioneers.

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