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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) the sharp hooves of the buffalo helped rainwater reach the soil, but the flat hooves of the cattle packed the earth.
B) the buffalo helped the prairie survive, but the cattle did not.
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 tough roots grew back
B) nothing grew back
C) plants with fragile roots grew back
D) buffalo grass grew back

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

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.