Black Froniters

The mole _____________ into the ground to escape from its enemy.

• designated

• bought

• exodus

• burrowed

When the fire bell rang, there was an immediate _____________ of students out of the classroom.

• installment

• exodus

• designated

• extinction

We paid for the new washing machine in ________________ of ten dollars each week.

• regular

• migrate

• installments

• settlement

The flock of birds _______________ from the cold weather of the North to the warmer weather of the South.

• migrated

• burrowed

• designated

• simmered

The townspeople ________________ a special spot in the park to honor the war heroes.

• installments

• designated

• burrowed

• astonished

This selection is most like a photo essay because it _________________.

• tells how to do something

• combines photos and text to present information

• tells about an event in the first person

• tells about places of the past

Pioneers in Kansas and Nebraska built homes made of _____________________.

• trees

• sod

• straw

• brick

The main problem with the soddies was that they _______________________

• were to small.

• had no floors.

• were built with sod busters.

• often leak during rainstorms.

According to the selection, people in North and South Dakota often burrowed into the ground under an earthen roof because ___________________.

• it was less expensive to live that way.

• it helped to keep out some of the severe cold.

• they liked living underground in the dark.

• the cos and goats lived on the roof.

To keep a fire going, pioneer women often burned _____________________.

• buffalo chips

• buffalo hides

• matches

• newspaper