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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XIV, Power and Change.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 was written out of the will.
(d) He is an enemy of the nation.

2. Benito Garza becomes a ___________________.
(a) Minister.
(b) Politician.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Bandit.

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

4. Why does Beth Morrison have problems in school in Texas?
(a) She didn't have some of the basic subjects.
(b) She has a really strong accent.
(c) She is constantly reminded that she is not a native Texan.
(d) She started in the middle of the year.

5. In what year was oil discovered in Texas?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1899.

Short Answer Questions

1. What starts the siege at the Alamo?

2. Why does Sam Houston resign as governor of Texas?

3. Wolfgang McNab spends time with his brother, _______________, the Texas Ranger, to learn how things work on both sides of the border.

4. McNab learns that the papers for the land he paid ________________________ for are not legitimate.

5. Who is Persifier's brother?

(see the answer key)

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