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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Indians were responsible for mass burning and killing at San Antonio?
(a) Apaches.
(b) Comanches.
(c) Cherokees.
(d) Lakotas.

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

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

4. The Mexican army retreats after a few battles at ___________________.
(a) San Diego.
(b) Vera Cruz.
(c) San Antonio.
(d) Buena Vista.

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

6. What is the name of the town that Earnshaw and Emma establish?
(a) Larkin.
(b) Learned.
(c) Ludlow.
(d) Lucky.

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

8. What does Earnshaw Rust's wife do?
(a) Teaches Indian children how to speak English.
(b) Delivers babies as a midwife.
(c) Works as a rancher.
(d) Tames and sells wild horses.

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

10. Colonel Persifier ______________ decides to leave the army after the Mexican War.
(a) Caleb.
(b) Cobb.
(c) Clayton.
(d) Cowan.

11. Otto joins a police-like unit called a/an ________________________.
(a) Legal company.
(b) Tracker company.
(c) Equine company.
(d) Ranging company.

12. Hector Garza lives in an area where ________________ of the population is Hispanic.
(a) 45.
(b) 60.
(c) 25.
(d) 85.

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

14. Where do Sett and Lissa purchase land in Texas?
(a) Irving.
(b) Waco.
(c) Austin.
(d) Jefferson.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Ransom Rusk marry in Larkin?

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

4. Who was one of the Mexican men who illegally crossed the U.S. border in 1961?

5. Texans Cactus John Garner and ____________________ both become Speakers of the House.

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