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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had neither the Spanish nor the Mexicans tried to tame the Texas Hill Country?

2. Who was offering Lyndon the opportunity for a secure financial future?

3. Profits dropped so low for the group in #27 that they could not afford to buy _____________.

4. What was Sam Johnson's greatest legislative success?

5. How long after the animals in #20 were brought to the Texas Hill Country did the landscape deteriorate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Sam Johnson's position on taxing the sulphur mines?

2. What was the nature of Lyndon's father, Sam's, political leanings?

3. What obstacles did Lyndon's mother, Rebekah, have in living in rural Texas?

4. In addition to the People's Party, what other two political groups were eventually absorbed into the Democratic Party?

5. What are the physical characteristics of the Bunton side of Lyndon's ancestry?

6. What were two major impediments to young people getting an education in Texas?

7. What is the significance of the title of Chapter 9--The Rich Man's Daughter?

8. Where did John Wheeler Bunton settle and how did he and his wife struggle to keep their land?

9. What quirky behavior did little Lyndon exhibit during this challenging time for his parents?

10. What was the ethnic issue in education in Texas?

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