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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes the first president of Texas?
(a) Sam Houston.
(b) William Austin.
(c) John Gerard Dallas.
(d) Lyndon Johnson.

2. What year is it in Chapter XII?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1900.

3. What do Laurel and his wife open in Waxahachie?
(a) A mercantile.
(b) A dairy farm.
(c) A new cotton plantation.
(d) A ranch.

4. Peavine is chased out of the county because he is a troublemaker, but he returns and kills a _______________ named Parmenteer.
(a) Sheriff.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Minister.

5. What is the nickname for Maria de la Luz?
(a) Mar de la Lopez.
(b) Mattie Luz.
(c) Lupe Luz.
(d) Lucha Lopez.

6. The group that Otto now belongs to is called ____________________.
(a) The Texas Cowboys.
(b) The Texas Diplomats.
(c) The Texas Stars.
(d) The Texas Rangers.

7. Under President ___________________, a new Peace Policy regarding the Indians was implemented in 1869.
(a) Grant.
(b) Coolidge.
(c) Harding.
(d) Lincoln.

8. Yancey leads a movement to make ________________ a slave state.
(a) Kansas.
(b) Montana.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Texas.

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

10. With whom does Otto decide to work together?
(a) Marvin Ables.
(b) Michael Arbor.
(c) Marcus Astin.
(d) Martin Ascot.

11. What does the man who works with Otto study?
(a) Law.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Agriculture.

12. Who is Persifier's wife?
(a) Tessa Mae.
(b) Margaret Sue.
(c) Elaine.
(d) Elizabeth Ann.

13. Which of the following is NOT in the same unit serving under General Lee?
(a) Sett.
(b) Persifier.
(c) Otto.
(d) Reuben.

14. Texans Cactus John Garner and ____________________ both become Speakers of the House.
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Harley Hatton.
(c) Sam Rayburn.
(d) George Bush.

15. Which states does President Polk want to buy from Mexico to add them to the union?
(a) Arizona and New Mexico.
(b) California and Colorado.
(c) California and Arizona.
(d) California and New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family is the first to move into one of the abandoned houses at the fort to make a town?

2. Where does R.J. Poteet take horses and cattle for shipment to the East?

3. Who is the man who would take pregnant women across the border into the U.S. so their child would be born an American citizen?

4. Comanche Chief _____________ holds a war council and decides to attack the settlement in #124.

5. Colonel Persifier ______________ decides to leave the army after the Mexican War.

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