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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who marries Avara?
(a) Juanita.
(b) Benita.
(c) Abilena.
(d) Juana.

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

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

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

5. What is unique about the Task Force members?
(a) They are all politicians.
(b) They have a long family history in Texas.
(c) They are philanthropists.
(d) They are all educators.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Damian's assistant?

2. Who tells Finlay McNab about how to obtain land in America?

3. Finlay McNab worked as a merchant husbandman near ______________________.

4. Benito Garza feels thinks that the Alamo will last ________________ days if it is under siege.

5. How old is Garcilaco in Chapter I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the beginnings of San Antonio as described by the author in Chapter II?

2. What does Ramon do when he learns that Trinidad is interested in Domingo Garza?

3. Who is The Kronk?

4. Who was appointed the chairman of the Task Force and where were the meetings to be held?

5. Explain why the missions in San Antonio had to be prepared to fend off Indian attacks.

6. How does the author end each chapter in the book and what topic is addressed in this chapter?

7. Why has the Governor of Texas put together a Task Force?

8. Who were the members of the governor's Task Force and why were they chosen?

9. What happens to Finlay McNab's first family?

10. Why did the Methodist Qimpers experience religious conflict when settling in Texas?

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