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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI, The Frontier.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Peavine is chased out of the county because he is a troublemaker, but he returns and kills a _______________ named Parmenteer.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Sheriff.
(c) Minister.
(d) Lawyer.

2. Which family is the first to move into one of the abandoned houses at the fort to make a town?
(a) The Frank Yeager family.
(b) The James Kerrigan family.
(c) The Ernst Klopfer family.
(d) The Otto McNab family.

3. Whom does the first president of Texas marry?
(a) Maria Bello.
(b) Sally Beale.
(c) Betsy Belle.
(d) Magda Bowen.

4. What does Earnshaw Rust's wife do?
(a) Teaches Indian children how to speak English.
(b) Delivers babies as a midwife.
(c) Works as a rancher.
(d) Tames and sells wild horses.

5. How old is Ramon, son of Alvara and Benita, in Chapter III?
(a) 13.
(b) 21.
(c) 66.
(d) 52.

Short Answer Questions

1. Otto joins a police-like unit called a/an ________________________.

2. Who is Ramon's granddaughter?

3. Somersett Cobb is running against Yancey Quimper for which political office?

4. How many children does Trinidad have?

5. What is a mestizo?

(see the answer key)

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