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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Benito Garza feels thinks that the Alamo will last ________________ days if it is under siege.
(a) 0.
(b) 5-6.
(c) 1-2.
(d) 3-4.

2. Father Francis Xavier Clooney tells the Quimpers that they will get no land in Texas unless _______________________.
(a) They convert to Catholicism.
(b) They donate to the church.
(c) They register in the capital.
(d) They stake a claim.

3. Ramon is the owner of El Codo, located outside ____________________.
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Waco.
(c) Bexar.
(d) El Paso.

4. On what date did Santa Anna's attack on the Alamo begin?
(a) April 19, 1836.
(b) February 5, 1836.
(c) March 4, 1836.
(d) September 15, 1836.

5. General Santa Anna began his march from Saltillo on January 26, ________________.
(a) 1919.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1836.

6. Finlay learns that he must ___________________ and get married in order to obtain land.
(a) Put down a deposit.
(b) Stake a claim.
(c) Become a U.S. citizen.
(d) Convert to Catholicism.

7. How many cultural inheritance groups are there in Texas?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

8. How does Jubal Quimper die?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Knife wound.
(d) Gunshot wound.

9. How old is Garcilaco in Chapter I?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 19.
(d) 7.

10. Who is Jubal Quimpers' son?
(a) Dane.
(b) Yancey.
(c) Colin.
(d) Miller.

11. Who tells Finlay McNab about how to obtain land in America?
(a) A traveling salesman.
(b) A riverboat owner.
(c) A minister.
(d) A mercantile owner.

12. What river do Avara and Frey Damian cross during their inspections?
(a) The Colorado River.
(b) The Mississippi River.
(c) The Rio Grande River.
(d) The Pecos River.

13. The Quimper family comes from which state?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Maryland.

14. Who is appointed as the chairman of the Task Force?
(a) Ransom Rusk.
(b) Professor Efrain Garza.
(c) Dr. Barlow.
(d) Lorenzo Quimper.

15. What is a mestizo?
(a) A person of mixed racial ancestry.
(b) A jacket.
(c) A breed of horse.
(d) A Mexican pastry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which location was another site of battles in the Texas revolution?

2. Which of the following do Mordecai and Amalia Marr NOT meet at the Alamo?

3. Why is the man who is visiting the governor in Texas?

4. How old is Garcilaco when his marriage is arranged?

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

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