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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the jobs of the farmhands on the Johnson farm?

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

3. Who was Lyndon's mother?

4. Into what organization was the organization in #25 eventually absorbed?

5. To what job was Lyndon promoted?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why was Lyndon made principal of the school where he taught?

9. What professions did Lyndon's father, Sam, have over the years?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of women in the rural Texas in the early twentieth century. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have? What belief system about Southern women was evident in Rebekah and later on, Lady Bird? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Lady Bird Johnson. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were some of her negative characteristics? What were her hopes and fears? What motivated her throughout her life?

Essay Topic 3

Lyndon Johnson was no stranger to hurt and pain. From what you know of Lyndon's life through this book, what were his biggest sorrows and worst betrayals? How did he manage through them? How did his coping skills evidence themselves in many aspects of his life? Explain.

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