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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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