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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Education and the Dream of Success.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of job did Johnson take between working for a lawyer and going to college in 1927?
(a) Road gang.
(b) Dishwasher.
(c) Farmhand.
(d) Auto mechanic.

2. Who was Carol Davis?
(a) Johnson's mother's friend.
(b) Secretary for the college dean.
(c) House mother to Johnson's fraternity.
(d) Johnson's first real girlfriend.

3. Where was Lyndon Johnson born?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Stonewall, Texas.
(d) Washington, D.C.

4. What did Johnson have in his suitcase which was tied with baling wire in 1924?
(a) Pants.
(b) Undershirts.
(c) Straw hat.
(d) Scoks.

5. Who is Rebekah Baines?
(a) Johnson's aunt.
(b) Johnson's librarian.
(c) Johnson's mother.
(d) Johnson's teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political party did Sam Ealy Johnson join that had a presidential candidate in 1892?

2. Why was Johnson in the hospital the day after he was elected to Congress in 1937?

3. What word did Johnson's mother often scrawl on the outside of letters to her son?

4. What did Johnson's grandfather unlock with a gold key in his study?

5. What time did the train leave that Johnson was on at the end of "Education and the Dream of Success"?

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