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

2. Which states does President Polk want to buy from Mexico to add them to the union?
(a) Arizona and New Mexico.
(b) California and Arizona.
(c) California and Colorado.
(d) California and New Mexico.

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

4. The capital of Texas moved to _____________ in 1839.
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Waco.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Austin.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Colonel Persifier returns to his cotton plantation in which state?

3. Why does Yancey Quimper withdraw from the political race?

4. The Larkins are _________________ who move onto Comanche land.

5. Colonel Persifier ______________ decides to leave the army after the Mexican War.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do so many people seem to move to Texas between 1928 and 1968? Who are two famous political men who came from Texas?

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

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

4. Who is R.J. Poteet and what role does he play in the new town?

5. Who are the first residents of Fort Sam Garner and why do they want to develop a town?

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

7. What years did the Mexican War take place and why is there such lingering hatred between the Texans and Mexicans at this time?

8. When does the Ku Klux Klan appear in Larkin County and which groups of people are most affected by their presence?

9. How did the Indians feel about President Polk's Peace Policy?

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

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