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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 was notorious for _____________.

2. From what state did Lyndon come?

3. Lyndon's interest in the area in #55 was attributed to ______________.

4. What was prohibitive to many about getting an education?

5. What quality of his father's did Lyndon imitate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the challenges of the farmers in the Texas Hill Country?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. What were the personality characteristics of the Buntons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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.

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