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The Buffalo Are Back
Contributed by: Bangert
  • 1. What does the word RIPPLED mean?
A) told what happened
B) tore into pieces
C) kept something away
D) formed small waves
  • 2. Which word has almost the SAME meaning as the word DROUGHTS?
A) shortages
B) doubts
C) thoughts
D) damages
  • 3. Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of EXTINCT?
A) living
B) last
C) lucky
D) loud
  • 4. Which word has almost the SAME meaning as the word FLOURISHED?
A) nourished
B) flowered
C) accomplished
D) thrived
  • 5. What does the word FRAGILE mean?
A) having little spark
B) showing good taste
C) being comfortable
D) tending to break easily
  • 6. What does the word CRUMBLED mean?
A) moved back
B) handled clumsily
C) reduced to tiny bits
D) made a deep sound
  • 7. What does the word ECOSYSTEM mean?
A) plants resembling a tree
B) organisms and their environment
C) developments in a city
D) people who are closely related
  • 8. What does the word IMBALANCE mean?
A) a reproduction of the form of a person
B) an eventful day
C) a general idea
D) an unenvenness existing between two things
  • 9. What is the MAIN idea of the section titled "The Buffalo"?
A) The buffalo provided the Indians with all their needs.
B) Loss of buffalo killed the prairie
C) Buffalo changed the prairie.
D) There were 75 million buffalo in North America.
  • 10. All of the following describe how buffalo and cattle affect the prairie EXPECT
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.
  • 11. What happened when the grasshoppers chewed the fragile crops growing on the plains?
A) nothing grew back
B) plants with fragile roots grew back
C) buffalo grass grew back
D) plants with tough roots grew back
  • 12. Who discovered three hundred buffalo in Montana?
A) President Theodore Roosevelt
B) General George A. Custer
C) W.T. Hornaday
D) Sioux Chief Sitting Bull
  • 13. What conclusion can you draw from the selection?
A) It is important to protect both the buffalo and the native grasses.
B) The buffalo population will never be in trouble again.
C) Cattle are important to the farming industry.
D) All farmers use contour plowing.
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