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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Johnson have to stay in the hospital after he got sick in 1955?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Twenty weeks.

2. Where did Johnson go in a Model-T after graduating high school?
(a) California.
(b) New York City.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) New Jersey.

3. How old was Johnson when he was first elected to Congress through a special six-week election?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty-three.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Twenty-nine.

4. What role was Johnson elected to in the Little Congress?
(a) Speaker.
(b) Researcher.
(c) Taking the minutes of each meeting.
(d) Gopher.

5. What was Johnson in the hospital for a few days before his election as a United States Senator?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) High blood pressure.
(c) Broken leg.
(d) Kidney Stones.

6. What did Johnson's public statement about the 84th Congress express when he returned from his three-month convalescence?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Pride.
(d) Frustration.

7. What event did Johnson attend in Houston in June, 1928?
(a) Democratic National Convention.
(b) Debate Club Competition.
(c) College Commencement.
(d) Teachers Convention.

8. In "The Senate Leader," what did Johnson fear if the Civil Rights Act did not pass the Senate?
(a) That everything he had created would come undone.
(b) The President's wrath.
(c) The Republican's reforms.
(d) Kennedy's new legislation.

9. What nickname did Johnson get after winning the Senate seat?
(a) Landslide Lyndon.
(b) Liar Lyndon.
(c) Jubiliant Johnson.
(d) Lickety-split Lyndon.

10. What state did the New York Times writer William S. White come from?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Maine.
(c) Texas.
(d) South Carolina.

11. How long was Johnson's train journey at the end of "Education and the Dream of Success"?
(a) One day.
(b) Six days.
(c) One week.
(d) Two days.

12. When Johnson was working for a lawyer in 1926, where did he decide to go?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Home to Texas.
(d) Washington, D.D.

13. How many Washington daily newspapers did Johnson read in 1931 on a daily basis?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) None.

14. What did Willy Hopkins hire Johnson to do after he heard him speaking at a political gathering in Henley, Texas?
(a) Give speeches at schools.
(b) Teach at a Mexican-American school.
(c) Manage his campaign.
(d) Work for the town of Henley.

15. Who gave Lady Bird her nickname?
(a) Rebekah Johnson.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Johnson say the Civil Rights Act should be called?

2. How many children did his mother still have at home when Johnson went off to college?

3. How many things did Johnson say he disagreed with President Kennedy on when he was his Vice President?

4. What city did Johnson travel to in order to talk with Richard Kleberg?

5. What does the author write in "The Vice-Presidency" about Johnson's energy when he went on foreign trips as a Vice President?

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