5.Tile word "consumption"in line 18is closest in meaning to

(A)decay

(B)planting

(C)eating

(D)conversion

6.Which of the following processes does the author imply was done by both men and women?

(A)Clearing fields

(B)Planting corn

(C)Harvesting corn

(D)harvesting squash.

7.The word "disaster"in line 22is closest in meaning to

(A)control

(B)catastrophe

(C)avoidance

(D)history

8.According to the passage,the Mandans preserved their food by

(A)smoking

(B)drying

(C)freezing.

(D)salting

9.The word "it"in line 25refers to

(A)June

(B)corn

(C)time

(D)squash

10.Which of the following crops was cultivated primarily by men

(A)Corn

(B)Squash

(C)Sunflower

(D)Tobacco