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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 sharp hooves of the buffalo helped rainwater reach the soil, but the flat hooves of the cattle packed the earth.
D) the buffalo helped the prairie survive, but the cattle did not.

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

A) General George A. Custer
B) Sioux Chief Sitting Bull
C) President Theodore Roosevelt
D) W.T. Hornaday

A) Cattle are important to the farming industry.
B) It is important to protect both the buffalo and the native grasses.
C) The buffalo population will never be in trouble again.
D) All farmers use contour plowing.