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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. Lyndon's mother was ___________________________ in the Texas Hill Country.

2. What wrecked the terrain of the Texas Hill Country?

3. What did Lyndon's mother shy away from?

4. Of what was the author ignorant when embarking on writing this book?

5. Sam and Lyndon had both wanted to marry which girl in town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of Lyndon's characteristics when he began interacting in the working world?

2. How did little Lyndon respond to the downturn in his parents' financial situation?

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

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

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

6. What was one of Sam Johnson's characteristics while working in the Texas legislature?

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

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

9. Why had neither the Spanish nor the Mexicans developed the Texas Hill Country?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ambition takes on an almost human persona in this book. What was the source of Lyndon's ambitions? Was he consumed with winning and getting ahead? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Lyndon Johnson during the time period covered in THE PATH TO POWER. What were his ultimate plans for his life? What was his personality? What behaviors were instilled in him that would make him a success in his later life?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Sam Johnson. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were some of his negative characteristics? What were his hopes and fears? What motivated him throughout his life?

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