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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many slaves do Persifier and Tessa Mae give to Sett and Lissa when they leave for Texas?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 18.
(d) 2.

2. When the Klan whips a man named __________________, he visits Floyd Rusk the next day.
(a) Kunte.
(b) Kane.
(c) Kongo.
(d) Kimbro.

3. Otto learns that Franza's brother has been trying to negotiate peace with the _________________ Indians.
(a) Comanche.
(b) Apache.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Navajo.

4. Soon after Texas becomes a state, the ____________________ occurs from 1846-1848.
(a) French and Indian War.
(b) Civil War.
(c) Mexican War.
(d) Revolutionary War.

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

6. Who is one of the Ku Klux Klan leaders in Larkin County?
(a) Floyd Rusk.
(b) Laurel Cobb.
(c) Otto McNab.
(d) Hector Garza.

7. Who kills Benito Garza during a raid on his ranch in Mexico?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Otto.
(c) Sett.
(d) Reuben.

8. The Texas War for Independence ends with Santa Anna ______________________.
(a) Being killed.
(b) Being demoted to a soldier.
(c) Being captured.
(d) Being exiled from Mexico.

9. The Rust settlement gives the remaining Comanches permission to hunt ________________.
(a) Elk.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Deer.

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

11. How many children does the man in #159 have?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

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

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

14. Black men in the army unit are known as __________________.
(a) Midnight Soldiers.
(b) Buffalo Soldiers.
(c) Darkies.
(d) Nigger Soldiers.

15. Which Texan becomes both Vice President and President of the United States?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) George McGovern.
(d) Lyndon Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under President ___________________, a new Peace Policy regarding the Indians was implemented in 1869.

2. Yancey Quimper acquires control of which type of business?

3. Why can Benito not inherit the ten thousand acres owned by the Garza women?

4. What does the man who works with Otto study?

5. Which Presidential administration meets with the exiled Santa Anna?

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