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

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

3. Who is Persifier's brother?
(a) Edward.
(b) Somerset.
(c) Dane.
(d) Clayton.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The man, who was caught in 1961 trying to illegally cross the border, manages to cross the U.S. Border again and lives in which Texas community?

2. Why does Beth Morrison have problems in school in Texas?

3. Earnshaw Rusk is named as United States Indian Agent at _______________________.

4. A black man and Floyd Rusk go into the _____________ business together.

5. How many slaves do Persifier and Tessa Mae give to Sett and Lissa when they leave for Texas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What responsibilities does Earnshaw assume for the town and what is it eventually named?

2. Why do Todd and Maggie Morrison move to Texas and how successful are they at adapting?

3. What year is it in Chapter XII and what is the composition of Texas rural areas to city areas?

4. What would account for the brutality of the Texans during the Mexican War?

5. Why do the Cobb women not tell their slaves about the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?

6. Why does the speaker at the Task Force meeting think that Texas was greatly influenced by the South?

7. What was the purpose of the Peace Policy instituted by President Polk in 1869?

8. How do Earnshaw and Emma go about building a town?

9. Why do new Texas residents like Persifier and Somerset Cobb decide to side with the South in the Civil War?

10. Why does the Republic of Texas come to an end and on what date does that occur?

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