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

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

3. Why does Sam Houston resign as governor of Texas?
(a) His health is failing.
(b) He is retirement age.
(c) He wants to run for U.S. President.
(d) He refuses to accept the Confederacy.

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

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

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. Who becomes the first president of Texas?

3. Where do Sett and Lissa purchase land in Texas?

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

5. The Mexican army retreats after a few battles at ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the situation of illegal alien Eloy Muzquiz and his attempts to immigrate to Texas.

3. Who is Kimbro and what unlikely partnership does he enter into with Floyd Rusk?

4. How does General Santa Anna deceive the U.S. government through a deal with the Polk administration?

5. Who is named the first U.S. Indian Agent?

6. How did the U.S. troops finally get the Indians to move to the reservation?

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

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

9. What time period does Chapter VII cover?

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

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