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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Making of a Politician.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did a United States Senate seat open in Texas that Johnson ultimately won?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1948.

2. Who was President in 1931?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

3. Who was Cecil Evans?
(a) Johnson's college roommate.
(b) President of a college.
(c) Financial aid officer.
(d) Librarian at University of Texas.

4. What kind of house did Johnson grow up in?
(a) Small farmhouse.
(b) Condo.
(c) Houseboat.
(d) Mansion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Carol Davis?

2. Who was James Connally?

3. What kind of job did Johnson take between working for a lawyer and going to college in 1927?

4. When Johnson was working for a lawyer in 1926, where did he decide to go?

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

(see the answer key)

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