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The Buffalo Are Back
Contributed by: Bangert
  • 1. What does the word RIPPLED mean?
A) tore into pieces
B) kept something away
C) formed small waves
D) told what happened
  • 2. Which word has almost the SAME meaning as the word DROUGHTS?
A) doubts
B) damages
C) thoughts
D) shortages
  • 3. Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of EXTINCT?
A) loud
B) living
C) last
D) lucky
  • 4. Which word has almost the SAME meaning as the word FLOURISHED?
A) thrived
B) accomplished
C) nourished
D) flowered
  • 5. What does the word FRAGILE mean?
A) being comfortable
B) having little spark
C) tending to break easily
D) showing good taste
  • 6. What does the word CRUMBLED mean?
A) handled clumsily
B) made a deep sound
C) moved back
D) reduced to tiny bits
  • 7. What does the word ECOSYSTEM mean?
A) organisms and their environment
B) developments in a city
C) people who are closely related
D) plants resembling a tree
  • 8. What does the word IMBALANCE mean?
A) an eventful day
B) a reproduction of the form of a person
C) an unenvenness existing between two things
D) a general idea
  • 9. What is the MAIN idea of the section titled "The Buffalo"?
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.
  • 10. All of the following describe how buffalo and cattle affect the prairie EXPECT
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 were helpful in keeping the grasses healthy, but the cattle were not.
C) the cattle never ate too much grass, but the buffalo did.
D) the buffalo helped the prairie survive, but the cattle did not.
  • 11. What happened when the grasshoppers chewed the fragile crops growing on the plains?
A) plants with tough roots grew back
B) nothing grew back
C) plants with fragile roots grew back
D) buffalo grass grew back
  • 12. Who discovered three hundred buffalo in Montana?
A) W.T. Hornaday
B) General George A. Custer
C) President Theodore Roosevelt
D) Sioux Chief Sitting Bull
  • 13. What conclusion can you draw from the selection?
A) Cattle are important to the farming industry.
B) All farmers use contour plowing.
C) It is important to protect both the buffalo and the native grasses.
D) The buffalo population will never be in trouble again.
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