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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. With what medical organization did Sam Johnson have conflict?
(a) American Medical Association.
(b) The Surgeon General's Office.
(c) Texas Medical Association.
(d) Johns Hopkins Hospital.

2. What animals did the Johnson Buntons bring to the Texas Hill Country?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Horses.
(d) Cattle.

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

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

5. What organization did the Buntons establish?
(a) Philosophical Society of Texas.
(b) The Ku Klux Klan.
(c) The American Red Cross.
(d) The John Birch Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the profession of the Bunton Johnsons?

2. Lyndon's mother and father shared an interest in _____________.

3. What color eyes did the Buntons have?

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

5. Sam Johnson was said to be _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the personality characteristics of the Buntons?

2. What unusual habit did the young Lyndon have and how did it involve farm hands and others associated with the family?

3. What was the significance of the town of Cotulla in Lyndon's life?

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

5. Sam Johnson was able to stand his ground on a position and one case in particular was to his credit. What was the nature of the case of optometrists in Texas?

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

7. What was one of Sam Johnson's greatest qualities and what was his greatest legislative success?

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

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

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

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