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The Buffalo Are Back
Contributed by: Bangert
  • 1. What does the word RIPPLED mean?
A) kept something away
B) told what happened
C) tore into pieces
D) formed small waves
  • 2. Which word has almost the SAME meaning as the word DROUGHTS?
A) doubts
B) damages
C) shortages
D) thoughts
  • 3. Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of EXTINCT?
A) loud
B) last
C) living
D) lucky
  • 4. Which word has almost the SAME meaning as the word FLOURISHED?
A) nourished
B) thrived
C) flowered
D) accomplished
  • 5. What does the word FRAGILE mean?
A) tending to break easily
B) being comfortable
C) showing good taste
D) having little spark
  • 6. What does the word CRUMBLED mean?
A) handled clumsily
B) reduced to tiny bits
C) made a deep sound
D) moved back
  • 7. What does the word ECOSYSTEM mean?
A) developments in a city
B) organisms and their environment
C) people who are closely related
D) plants resembling a tree
  • 8. What does the word IMBALANCE mean?
A) an unenvenness existing between two things
B) a reproduction of the form of a person
C) a general idea
D) an eventful day
  • 9. What is the MAIN idea of the section titled "The Buffalo"?
A) Buffalo changed the prairie.
B) There were 75 million buffalo in North America.
C) Loss of buffalo killed the prairie
D) The buffalo provided the Indians with all their needs.
  • 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 sharp hooves of the buffalo helped rainwater reach the soil, but the flat hooves of the cattle packed the earth.
C) the buffalo helped the prairie survive, but the cattle did not.
D) the cattle never ate too much grass, but the buffalo did.
  • 11. What happened when the grasshoppers chewed the fragile crops growing on the plains?
A) nothing grew back
B) buffalo grass grew back
C) plants with tough roots grew back
D) plants with fragile roots grew back
  • 12. Who discovered three hundred buffalo in Montana?
A) W.T. Hornaday
B) Sioux Chief Sitting Bull
C) General George A. Custer
D) President Theodore Roosevelt
  • 13. What conclusion can you draw from the selection?
A) Cattle are important to the farming industry.
B) The buffalo population will never be in trouble again.
C) All farmers use contour plowing.
D) It is important to protect both the buffalo and the native grasses.
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