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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI, The Frontier.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Emma's son?
(a) Charles.
(b) Floyd.
(c) Cornelius.
(d) James.

2. Why can Benito not inherit the ten thousand acres owned by the Garza women?
(a) He is already dead.
(b) He already owns the land.
(c) He is an enemy of the nation.
(d) He was written out of the will.

3. Why does Yancey Quimper withdraw from the political race?
(a) Earnshaw Rusk exposes his fraud.
(b) He buys a new ranch instead.
(c) He has family obligations to tend to.
(d) He is injured and cannot serve.

4. Which family is the first to move into one of the abandoned houses at the fort to make a town?
(a) The James Kerrigan family.
(b) The Frank Yeager family.
(c) The Otto McNab family.
(d) The Ernst Klopfer family.

5. The capital of Texas moved to _____________ in 1839.
(a) Austin.
(b) Waco.
(c) San Antonio.
(d) Dallas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yancey gives himself the military title of __________________.

2. D'Zmbreuze is killed while protecting Trinidad from ______________________.

3. Who becomes the first president of Texas?

4. What does Ramon give Domingo Garza's family when he learns that his granddaughter is interested in him?

5. Somersett Cobb is running against Yancey Quimper for which political office?

(see the answer key)

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