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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 Cowboys.
(b) The Texas Stars.
(c) The Texas Rangers.
(d) The Texas Diplomats.

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

3. Earnshaw dies from complications following ____________________.
(a) Being stomped by a horse.
(b) A knife wound.
(c) A near drowning.
(d) A car accident.

4. What is Earnshaw Rusk's job?
(a) To educate the Indians.
(b) To get the Indians to move to reservations.
(c) To convert the Indians to Judaism.
(d) To annihilate the Indians.

5. Yancey gives himself the military title of __________________.
(a) Captain.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) General.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Laurel face trial within his church?

2. Why does Sam Houston resign as governor of Texas?

3. How many children does the man in #159 have?

4. What is the name of the town that Earnshaw and Emma establish?

5. Who was the U.S. Border Patrol agent who caught the man illegally crossing the border in 1961?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Laurel Cobb have to face trial within the church?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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