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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following groups is NOT welcome in Larkin County after the arrival of the Ku Klux Klan?
(a) Jews.
(b) Asians.
(c) Catholics.
(d) Blacks.

2. Why does Sam Houston resign as governor of Texas?
(a) He refuses to accept the Confederacy.
(b) He is retirement age.
(c) He wants to run for U.S. President.
(d) His health is failing.

3. Finlay learns that he must ___________________ and get married in order to obtain land.
(a) Put down a deposit.
(b) Become a U.S. citizen.
(c) Stake a claim.
(d) Convert to Catholicism.

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

5. In what city is the man visiting the governor?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Houston.
(c) Waco.
(d) Austin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Garcilaco's master sells him to a friar named ____________________.

2. Santa Anna promises to end the war if the U.S. government would give him one half million dollars in gold and transport him to _________________.

3. Who is one of the Ku Klux Klan leaders in Larkin County?

4. What is a Sesquicentennial?

5. How old is Garcilaco in Chapter I?

(see the answer key)

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