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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was a character attribute of the Buntons?
(a) Fiery temperament.
(b) Meek temperament.
(c) Retiring manners.
(d) Sullen demeanor.

2. What was the grassy part of the state in #10 called?
(a) Hill Country.
(b) The Great Plains.
(c) The Grasslands.
(d) The Prairie.

3. Why had neither the Spanish nor the Mexicans tried to tame the Texas Hill Country?
(a) It was desert.
(b) It was very resistant.
(c) It was too hilly.
(d) It was too beautiful to tame.

4. Which Bunton was Lyndon's most notable ancestor?
(a) Davy Crockett.
(b) John Wheeler Bunton.
(c) Bud Johnson.
(d) Edward Baines.

5. How old was Lyndon Johnson when the author wrote about him in the Introduction?
(a) His teens.
(b) 63.
(c) Early thirties.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was offering Lyndon the opportunity for a secure financial future?

2. How many children did Sam Ealy Johnson and Eliza Bunton Johnson have?

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

4. The Johnsons were as ambitious as the Buntons but lacked ________________.

5. What animals did the Johnson Buntons bring to the Texas Hill Country?

(see the answer key)

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