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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) the buffalo were helpful in keeping the grasses healthy, but the cattle were 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 buffalo helped the prairie survive, but the cattle did not.
D) the cattle never ate too much grass, but the buffalo did.

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

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

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