A) formed small waves
B) tore into pieces
C) kept something away
D) told what happened

A) thoughts
B) doubts
C) shortages
D) damages

A) living
B) lucky
C) loud
D) last

A) accomplished
B) nourished
C) thrived
D) flowered

A) being comfortable
B) showing good taste
C) tending to break easily
D) having little spark

A) made a deep sound
B) moved back
C) handled clumsily
D) reduced to tiny bits

A) plants resembling a tree
B) developments in a city
C) organisms and their environment
D) people who are closely related

A) an unenvenness existing between two things
B) an eventful day
C) a reproduction of the form of a person
D) a general idea

A) There were 75 million buffalo in North America.
B) Loss of buffalo killed the prairie
C) Buffalo changed the prairie.
D) The buffalo provided the Indians with all their needs.

A) the buffalo helped the prairie survive, but the cattle did not.
B) the sharp hooves of the buffalo helped rainwater reach the soil, but the flat hooves of the cattle packed the earth.
C) the cattle never ate too much grass, but the buffalo did.
D) the buffalo were helpful in keeping the grasses healthy, but the cattle were not.

A) plants with fragile roots grew back
B) buffalo grass grew back
C) plants with tough roots grew back
D) nothing grew back

A) W.T. Hornaday
B) Sioux Chief Sitting Bull
C) General George A. Custer
D) President Theodore Roosevelt

A) All farmers use contour plowing.
B) The buffalo population will never be in trouble again.
C) Cattle are important to the farming industry.
D) It is important to protect both the buffalo and the native grasses.