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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. Which one of the Allerkamp daughters does Otto McNab marry?

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

3. Yancey Quimper acquires control of which type of business?

4. Who is one of the Ku Klux Klan leaders in Larkin County?

5. Ransom Rusk's lawn is torn up by which animals?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the speaker at the Task Force meeting think that Texas was greatly influenced by the South?

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

4. What time period does Chapter VII cover?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What role does slavery play in Texas prior to the Civil War?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the book's title. What does the author mean by calling it simply TEXAS? What was he trying to emphasize with this emphatic style? Suggest three alternate titles for this book with supporting rationale for each one.

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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