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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Lyndon carry on a daily correspondence?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His best friend.

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

3. Who was a lobbyist for the mine owners?
(a) James McCall.
(b) Roy Miller.
(c) Spencer Baines.
(d) Roger Bush.

4. Profits dropped so low for the group in #27 that they could not afford to buy _____________.
(a) livestock.
(b) seed.
(c) implements.
(d) offices.

5. Who was one of Sam and Eliza's children?
(a) Lyndon Johnson's mother.
(b) Tex Johnson.
(c) Lyndon Johnson's father.
(d) Lyndon Johnson.

6. Who was Lyndon's mother?
(a) Ramona.
(b) Randa.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Rebekah.

7. What does the change in the Johnson household do to Lyndon?
(a) It makes him more sympathetic.
(b) It makes him run away from home for good.
(c) It makes him shy and retiring.
(d) It alters his respect for his parents.

8. 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.

9. What was a notable quirk of Lyndon's as a child?
(a) He was good at telling jokes.
(b) He had a photographic memory.
(c) He ran away a lot.
(d) He could do magic tricks.

10. What was the name of the political group that emerged in the Texas Hill Country?
(a) The Alamo Society.
(b) The Texas Republicans.
(c) The Socialist Texas Society.
(d) The People's Party.

11. Of what was the author ignorant when embarking on writing this book?
(a) Lyndon's academic excellence.
(b) Lyndon's unpleasant traits.
(c) Lyndon's family tree.
(d) Lyndon's political deals.

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

13. What lessons did Lyndon's mother teach to other people?
(a) Elocution.
(b) Canning.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Spanish.

14. When was the organization in #25 established?
(a) The early 20th century.
(b) The mid 1800s.
(c) The mid 1900s.
(d) The late 19th century.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What quality of his father's did Lyndon imitate?

3. According to Chapter 6, who is "The Best Man I Ever Knew?"

4. Which of the following was a character attribute of the Buntons?

5. What was Lyndon known for being at his college?

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