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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. Captain George Reed is sent to erect a fort which is then named _______________________.
(a) Fort Sam Garner.
(b) Fort Reeves.
(c) Fort George Reed.
(d) Fort Grant.

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

3. How many slaves do Persifier and Tessa Mae give to Sett and Lissa when they leave for Texas?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 18.
(d) 2.

4. Yancey Quimper acquires control of which type of business?
(a) Boot making.
(b) Mercantile.
(c) Ranch.
(d) Bank.

5. Who was the U.S. Border Patrol agent who caught the man illegally crossing the border in 1961?
(a) Bill Weston.
(b) Ben Talbot.
(c) Chris Miller.
(d) Jack Murray.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Otto joins a police-like unit called a/an ________________________.

3. Earnshaw Rusk is a Quaker from which state?

4. Soon after Texas becomes a state, the ____________________ occurs from 1846-1848.

5. Who is Persifier's brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yancey come to own the ten thousand acres owned by the Garza women?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How do Agent Talbot's feelings about Muzquiz' immigration different from how he feels about El Lobo?

10. What is Benito Garza's opinion of the Mexican War and why would he feel this way?

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