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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) General George A. Custer
B) Sioux Chief Sitting Bull
C) W.T. Hornaday
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.