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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. Sam Johnson's political interest supported _____________.
(a) farmers.
(b) railroads.
(c) bankers.
(d) fishermen.

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

3. According to the author, ambition and big ideas can lead to ________________.
(a) ruin.
(b) greed.
(c) success.
(d) fame.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which group was the organization in #25 established to help?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the agenda of the People's Party?

2. How old was Lyndon when he was named and what forced the issue to determine his name?

3. What noticeable trait of Sam's did little Lyndon pick up during the time of the family's setback?

4. In the Introduction, what does the author say about Lyndon Johnson's professional relationship with a man who could change his financial future?

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

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

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

8. Who was John Wheeler Bunton and for what was he famous?

9. What were the personality characteristics of the Buntons?

10. What does the author say were the characteristics of ranchers in the Texas Hill Country?

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