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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Earnshaw Rusk is a Quaker from which state?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Indiana.

2. What is the name of the town that Earnshaw and Emma establish?
(a) Ludlow.
(b) Learned.
(c) Larkin.
(d) Lucky.

3. The man, who was caught in 1961 trying to illegally cross the border, manages to cross the U.S. Border again and lives in which Texas community?
(a) Midland.
(b) Waco.
(c) Levelland.
(d) El Paso.

4. Where is Santa Anna living in exile?
(a) Panama.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Venezuela.

5. How old is Otto in Chapter VII?
(a) 25.
(b) 12.
(c) 28.
(d) 14.

6. Earnshaw dies from complications following ____________________.
(a) A knife wound.
(b) Being stomped by a horse.
(c) A near drowning.
(d) A car accident.

7. The Texas War for Independence ends with Santa Anna ______________________.
(a) Being exiled from Mexico.
(b) Being demoted to a soldier.
(c) Being captured.
(d) Being killed.

8. Which general is sent to Texas to protect the Texas border?
(a) General Douglas MacArthur.
(b) General Zachary Taylor.
(c) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) General Robert E. Lee.

9. Who was one of the Mexican men who illegally crossed the U.S. border in 1961?
(a) Eloy Muzquiz.
(b) Adolfo Garcia.
(c) Estefan Merengue.
(d) Paulo Gonzalez.

10. Who is Persifier's brother?
(a) Edward.
(b) Dane.
(c) Somerset.
(d) Clayton.

11. How many slaves do Persifier and Tessa Mae give to Sett and Lissa when they leave for Texas?
(a) 18.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

12. Hector Garza lives in an area where ________________ of the population is Hispanic.
(a) 45.
(b) 25.
(c) 60.
(d) 85.

13. Who is Laurel Cobb's wife?
(a) Sue Beth.
(b) Maggie Su.
(c) Lizzella.
(d) Jo Ellen.

14. Whom does Ransom Rusk marry in Larkin?
(a) Fleurette.
(b) Gabriella.
(c) Angelina.
(d) Celeste.

15. Which states does President Polk want to buy from Mexico to add them to the union?
(a) California and Colorado.
(b) Arizona and New Mexico.
(c) California and Arizona.
(d) California and New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. The colonel assigned to Fort Sam Garner and his men rescue _________________ who had been captured by the Indians.

2. Who is Emma's son?

3. The Larkins are _________________ who move onto Comanche land.

4. How do the army troops force the Indians to surrender and move to the reservations?

5. Captain George Reed is sent to erect a fort which is then named _______________________.

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