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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Garcilaco's master sells him to a friar named ____________________.

2. What do the Quimpers establish at their settlement?

3. Who is one of the first men killed at the battle of the Alamo?

4. How does Jubal Quimper die?

5. Who is McNab's son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Garcilaco decide after traveling and listening to the stories of Cabeza and Esteban?

2. Who is Finlay McNab and how did he come to settle in Texas?

3. How does the author end each chapter in the book and what topic is addressed in this chapter?

4. Explain why the missions in San Antonio had to be prepared to fend off Indian attacks.

5. Why has the Governor of Texas put together a Task Force?

6. How old is Ramon in Chapter III and who is his only remaining family member?

7. Who were the members of the governor's Task Force and why were they chosen?

8. What does Jubal Qimper establish at the Brazos River?

9. What does Ramon do when he learns that Trinidad is interested in Domingo Garza?

10. What are the seven cultural inheritances that make up Texas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the influx of immigrants to the Texas frontier. For what reasons did they leave their homes? What special challenges did they experience in homesteading in Texas that Americans did not experience? How readily accepted were the immigrants by the established settlers in Texas?

Essay Topic 2

Why were social visits so welcome among the Texas homesteaders? What was the nature of a typical social call from one family on another? What were some of the social events held so that groups of homesteaders could meet and form friendships? What were the usual activities that would occur at these events?

Essay Topic 3

Conflict takes on an almost human persona in this book. What was the source of much of the conflict? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

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