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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Johnsons were as ambitious as the Buntons but lacked ________________.
(a) friends.
(b) pragmitism.
(c) manners.
(d) financing.

2. What nationality of students did Lyndon teach?
(a) Irish.
(b) German.
(c) Mexican.
(d) English.

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

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

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

6. What was the profession of the Bunton Johnsons?
(a) Ranchers.
(b) Bankers.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Educators.

7. What was a key to surviving in the Texas Hill Country?
(a) Building sod houses.
(b) Installing irrigation.
(c) Understanding the Comanche people.
(d) Learning how to rotate crops.

8. 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.

9. What was one of Sam Johnson's greatest assets?
(a) He had a great sense of humor.
(b) He was a visionary.
(c) He was very generous.
(d) He could stand alone.

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

11. How were Sam and Lyndon's marriages characterized?
(a) They got everything they wanted in marriage and in their lives.
(b) They learned to adapt to marriage the best they could.
(c) They divorced after early marriages.
(d) They were reasonably happy but did not marry their first choice.

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

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

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

15. What was the name of another political group that became popular during this time?
(a) The Whigs.
(b) The Nationalists.
(c) The Alliance.
(d) The Tories.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Lyndon carry on a daily correspondence?

2. What was the grassy part of the state in #10 called?

3. What did Rebekah refuse to do one day until Lyndon was named?

4. Sam Johnson was said to be _____________________.

5. What happened when the Texas Hill Country was destroyed?

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