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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sam and Lyndon had both wanted to marry which girl in town?
(a) The smartest girl.
(b) The rich man's daughter.
(c) The most beautiful girl.
(d) The kindest girl.

3. What wrecked the terrain of the Texas Hill Country?
(a) Blizzards.
(b) Droughts.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Grazing animals.

4. How old was Lyndon when his family's dynamic changed?
(a) 5.
(b) 13.
(c) 18.
(d) 8.

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

6. What profession did Lyndon's father later aspire to?
(a) Banker.
(b) Editor.
(c) Politician.
(d) Lawyer.

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

8. What was Lyndon's father's name?
(a) True.
(b) James.
(c) Sam.
(d) Baines.

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

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

11. To which political party did Lyndon's father belong?
(a) The People's Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Independent Party.
(d) The Democratic Party.

12. What was rare about Lyndon's mother living in the 19th century?
(a) She was a nurse.
(b) She was a suffragette.
(c) She was college educated.
(d) She ran her own business.

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

14. Which group was the organization in #25 established to help?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Bankers.
(c) Ranchers.
(d) Miners.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lyndon's mother shy away from?

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

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

4. Where is Sam Johnson working in Chapter 6?

5. What was Lyndon's most powerful characteristic at the job in #87?

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