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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. For what physical quality are the Bunton men known?

2. What color eyes did the Buntons have?

3. How old was Lyndon when his family's dynamic changed?

4. With what medical organization did Sam Johnson have conflict?

5. Who was a lobbyist for the mine owners?

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. 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?

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

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

7. What major obstacle did Lyndon face in Cotulla and what was his greatest achievement?

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

9. How did the author describe the Texas Hill Country?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the cultural climate in America in the 1930s and why the time was right for Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. What were the basic tenets of the New Deal? Why was Lyndon opposed to the New Deal? Why did he grudgingly support the New Deal? Explain.

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