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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ransom Rusk's lawn is torn up by which animals?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Raccoons.
(c) Armadillos.
(d) Bears.

3. Whom does Ransom Rusk marry in Larkin?
(a) Angelina.
(b) Fleurette.
(c) Celeste.
(d) Gabriella.

4. How is Franza's brother, Theo, killed during a visit to see him in Indianola?
(a) Cholera.
(b) A hurricane strike.
(c) An Apache raid.
(d) Typhus.

5. The slave named _________________ sells cotton in Mexico and receives a letter of credit with which he buys land.
(a) Joe.
(b) Trajan.
(c) Finny.
(d) Eban.

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. Which of the following groups is NOT welcome in Larkin County after the arrival of the Ku Klux Klan?
(a) Asians.
(b) Jews.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Catholics.

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

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

10. Somersett Cobb is running against Yancey Quimper for which political office?
(a) U.S. Senator.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Judge.
(d) Governor.

11. Laurel Cobb's cotton crop is ruined by __________________.
(a) Fire.
(b) Boll weevils.
(c) Tornado.
(d) Drought.

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

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

14. In Chapter XII, what is the largest city in Texas?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Austin.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Houston.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Indians were responsible for mass burning and killing at San Antonio?

2. What does Earnshaw Rust's wife do?

3. When the Klan whips a man named __________________, he visits Floyd Rusk the next day.

4. The colonel assigned to Fort Sam Garner and his men rescue _________________ who had been captured by the Indians.

5. Whom does Earnshaw Rust marry?

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