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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Houston meet in this new town?
(a) Santa Anna.
(b) Bowie.
(c) Bradburn.
(d) Prentiss.

2. Houston married a half-Cherokee named:
(a) White Mountain.
(b) Running Deer.
(c) Oona.
(d) Tiana.

3. What item did Houston begin to carry with him in town?
(a) Bayonet.
(b) Bow and arrow.
(c) Dueling pistol.
(d) Hickory cane.

4. What was the name of the town created by Stephen Austin?
(a) Alamo de Austin.
(b) San Felipe de Austin.
(c) San Marco de Austin.
(d) Santa Anna de Austin.

5. Houston had a breakdown and left home. What is the word meaning to leave home and not return for a period of time?
(a) Exile.
(b) Abandonment.
(c) Escape.
(d) Expatriate.

6. What major exam did Houston pass with the help of his mentor?
(a) Federal agent application exam.
(b) Medical licensing.
(c) Bar.
(d) LSAT.

7. The provisional government was upset with Houston and believed he was being ____.
(a) Pessimistic.
(b) Unruly.
(c) Unstable.
(d) Stubborn.

8. Sam Houston became friends with _____, a future president.
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) John Quincy Adams.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

9. What was the name of the Congressman?
(a) Standish.
(b) Stanbery.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Stanford.

10. The militia left a small group of soldiers at which fort?
(a) Rio Grande.
(b) Fort Erie.
(c) Alamo.
(d) Fort Sumter.

11. In which state did Sam Houston live as a child?
(a) Virginia.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Tennessee.

12. In which year did Sam Houston resign from military service?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1824.
(c) 1831.
(d) 1818.

13. Houston rode to ____ to attempt to head off and halt the expedition team.
(a) Indianola.
(b) Refugio.
(c) Sunshine Hill.
(d) Bucksnort.

14. What important position was held by John Calhoun?
(a) Secretary of War.
(b) Speaker of the House.
(c) Vice President.
(d) Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

15. The volunteer militia, under the direction of Stephen Austin, took which city?
(a) Forth Worth.
(b) San Antonio.
(c) Houston.
(d) San Jacinto.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1819, Houston was awarded which prestigious job?

2. Houston's next move was to which Tennessee town/city?

3. Sam Houston was descended from which group of immigrants?

4. Who was the representative of the "Peace Party?"

5. Houston worked for Jackson in which unofficial capacity?

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