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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 nickname did Lyndon garner?

2. How much land did the Bunton family still own in the Hill Country of Texas at the time this book was written?

3. How long after the animals in #20 were brought to the Texas Hill Country did the landscape deteriorate?

4. What happened when the Texas Hill Country was destroyed?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What were the personality characteristics of the Buntons?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of men in the early 20th century when Johnson and his colleagues were coming of age. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century men do not?

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

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of struggle. Identify at least two instances about struggle in the book and then cite examples to support your answers.

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