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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 - 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of Sam Johnson's greatest assets?
(a) He was a visionary.
(b) He was very generous.
(c) He had a great sense of humor.
(d) He could stand alone.

2. What was part of the Sam Johnson identity?
(a) He was very shy and retiring.
(b) He stood up for common people.
(c) He would never back down from a fight.
(d) He had a fierce temper.

3. What happened when the Texas Hill Country was destroyed?
(a) The sun scorched the clay.
(b) The hills washed away.
(c) The locusts ate everything.
(d) The grass grew tall.

4. Where did Lyndon live while working in the town in #88?
(a) A rented room in a shack.
(b) A farmhouse.
(c) An adobe hut.
(d) A boardinghouse.

5. What the people loved most about Sam Johson was __________________________.
(a) that he had a good education.
(b) that he was a good husband and father.
(c) that he was a regular guy.
(d) that they knew where he stood on everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Bunton was Lyndon's most notable ancestor?

2. In the ten years from 1837-1847, the population of the Texas Hill Country grew from 40,000 to _______________.

3. What shone through the ruined landscape of the Texas Hill Country?

4. What government program did Lyndon not embrace fully?

5. Who was Lyndon's mother?

(see the answer key)

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