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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dynamic occurs in the Sam Johnson household?
(a) A death of a child.
(b) An adopted child.
(c) A move to Maine.
(d) A downturn in finances.

2. From whom did Lyndon get his first name?
(a) His mother's father.
(b) His mother's brother.
(c) His father's great grandfather.
(d) A lawyer friend of his father's.

3. In what town did Lyndon work?
(a) LaSalle.
(b) Dallas.
(c) El Paso.
(d) Cotulla.

4. According to Chapter 6, who is "The Best Man I Ever Knew?"
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Andrew Baines.
(c) Sam Bunton.
(d) Sam Johnson.

5. With whom was Lyndon comfortable meeting?
(a) All types of people.
(b) Educators.
(c) Only politicians.
(d) Texans of all walks of life.

6. Who was offering Lyndon the opportunity for a secure financial future?
(a) A professor.
(b) His mother.
(c) An older man.
(d) An employer.

7. What did Lyndon's mother shy away from?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Loud boys.
(c) Dances.
(d) The sun.

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

9. How long after the animals in #20 were brought to the Texas Hill Country did the landscape deteriorate?
(a) Two summers.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Five years.

10. From what state did Lyndon come?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Texas.
(c) Montana.
(d) Arizona.

11. Where is Sam Johnson working in Chapter 6?
(a) An oil company.
(b) The railroad.
(c) A local bank.
(d) The Texas legislature.

12. What organization did the Buntons establish?
(a) Philosophical Society of Texas.
(b) The John Birch Society.
(c) The American Red Cross.
(d) The Ku Klux Klan.

13. In what did Lyndon show interest as a boy?
(a) Railroads.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Politics.

14. With what medical organization did Sam Johnson have conflict?
(a) Johns Hopkins Hospital.
(b) American Medical Association.
(c) Texas Medical Association.
(d) The Surgeon General's Office.

15. How was the complexion of the Buntons described?
(a) Coffee cream.
(b) Magnolia white.
(c) Ghost white.
(d) Chalk white.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sam Johnson's political interest supported _____________.

2. What was the name of another political group that became popular during this time?

3. What wrecked the terrain of the Texas Hill Country?

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

5. What color eyes did the Buntons have?

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