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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname did Lyndon garner?
(a) Bull.
(b) Slim.
(c) Tex.
(d) Hud.

2. Where did Lyndon get his middle name--Baines?
(a) It was Sam's best friend's name.
(b) It was Rebekah's father's name.
(c) It was Sam's father's name.
(d) It was Rebekah's maiden name.

3. Why did few Texans get an education?
(a) They died at an early age.
(b) There were no established schools.
(c) The children were needed to work at home.
(d) They saw no value in book learning.

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

5. According to the author, ambition and big ideas can lead to ________________.
(a) fame.
(b) ruin.
(c) success.
(d) greed.

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

7. Sam Johnson was said to be _____________________.
(a) crooked as the day was long.
(b) a prince of a guy.
(c) a man's man.
(d) straight as a shingle.

8. What color eyes did the Buntons have?
(a) Dark brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Hazel.

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

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

11. What element was a great moneymaker for Texas in the first part of the 20th century?
(a) Coal.
(b) Oil.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Sulphur.

12. For what physical quality are the Bunton men known?
(a) Piercing gaze.
(b) Bellowing laugh.
(c) Speech impediment.
(d) Long arms.

13. What form of disobedience did Lyndon show every day?
(a) He would play hookey.
(b) He would steal other kids' lunches.
(c) He would cast off his shoes.
(d) He would set fires in the town.

14. What was Sam Johnson if favor of raising taxes on?
(a) Sulphur mines.
(b) Copper mines.
(c) Diamond mines.
(d) Coal mines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what type of job did Lyndon earn a good living?

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

3. Sam and Lyndon had both wanted to marry which girl in town?

4. What lessons did Lyndon's mother teach to other people?

5. What the people loved most about Sam Johson was __________________________.

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