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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) the buffalo were helpful in keeping the grasses healthy, but the cattle were not.
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 sharp hooves of the buffalo helped rainwater reach the soil, but the flat hooves of the cattle packed the earth.

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

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

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