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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 & 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the jobs of the farmhands on the Johnson farm?
(a) To help Lyndon with his homework.
(b) To chaperone on Lyndon's dates.
(c) To find Lyndon when he went missing.
(d) To take Lyndon to school.

2. What was the name of another political group that became popular during this time?
(a) The Alliance.
(b) The Nationalists.
(c) The Tories.
(d) The Whigs.

3. How much land did the Bunton family still own in the Hill Country of Texas at the time this book was written?
(a) 50 acres.
(b) 1,000 acres.
(c) 200 acres.
(d) 500 acres.

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

5. In the ten years from 1837-1847, the population of the Texas Hill Country grew from 40,000 to _______________.
(a) 50,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 140,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what physical quality are the Bunton men known?

2. What was prohibitive to many about getting an education?

3. To which political party did Lyndon's father belong?

4. What were the hills made of in the area in #10?

5. Sam Johnson's political interest supported _____________.

(see the answer key)

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