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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI, The Frontier.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The capital of Texas moved to _____________ in 1839.
(a) Waco.
(b) Austin.
(c) Dallas.
(d) San Antonio.

2. What is a mestizo?
(a) A person of mixed racial ancestry.
(b) A Mexican pastry.
(c) A breed of horse.
(d) A jacket.

3. Dr. Herman Carter attends the Task Force meeting and talks about ______________________.
(a) Problems along the border.
(b) Religion.
(c) Education.
(d) Mining.

4. How is Franza's brother, Theo, killed during a visit to see him in Indianola?
(a) Typhus.
(b) A hurricane strike.
(c) An Apache raid.
(d) Cholera.

5. Somersett Cobb is running against Yancey Quimper for which political office?
(a) Judge.
(b) U.S. Senator.
(c) Governor.
(d) Mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Ramon?

2. Yancey gives himself the military title of __________________.

3. Whom does Earnshaw Rust marry?

4. Who becomes the first president of Texas?

5. The Rust settlement gives the remaining Comanches permission to hunt ________________.

(see the answer key)

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