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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. Who is Laurel Cobb's wife?

2. Hector Garza lives in an area where ________________ of the population is Hispanic.

3. Which general is sent to Texas to protect the Texas border?

4. Whom does Earnshaw Rust marry?

5. Somersett Cobb is running against Yancey Quimper for which political office?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What responsibilities does Earnshaw assume for the town and what is it eventually named?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the reasons for the Texas Revolution in 1836. Why was it an overwhelming loss for Texas? Who were some of the major figures fighting for Texas in the Revolution? Is their legacy worth their struggles?

Essay Topic 2

Explain some of the examples of regionalism found in the book. Can regionalism include more than accents and food? What else encompasses the culture and personality of a region?

Essay Topic 3

TEXAS is a classic work of historical fiction. What does that classification entail? Why does this book fit into this category?

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