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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the time of his family's upheaval, Lyndon transformed into ___________________.
(a) a junior dictator.
(b) a genius.
(c) a helpless child.
(d) a good helper.

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

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

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

5. Lyndon's mother and father shared an interest in _____________.
(a) art.
(b) law.
(c) politics.
(d) religion.

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

7. To what job was Lyndon promoted?
(a) Hospital Administrator.
(b) Principal.
(c) Civil Engineer.
(d) Vice President of Finance.

8. What was Lyndon's demeanor toward those superior to him?
(a) Disloyal.
(b) Irascible.
(c) Obsequious.
(d) Arrogant.

9. What was a prominent nationality of a school in Texas?
(a) Italian.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Russian.

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

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

12. What was part of the Sam Johnson identity?
(a) He had a fierce temper.
(b) He was very shy and retiring.
(c) He would never back down from a fight.
(d) He stood up for common people.

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

14. What the people loved most about Sam Johson was __________________________.
(a) that he was a good husband and father.
(b) that he had a good education.
(c) that they knew where he stood on everything.
(d) that he was a regular guy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what was the author ignorant when embarking on writing this book?

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

3. Who was a lobbyist for the mine owners?

4. How were Sam and Lyndon's marriages characterized?

5. What field had Texas not permitted in its medical association until Sam Johnson fought for it?

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