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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Somersett Cobb is running against Yancey Quimper for which political office?
(a) Mayor.
(b) U.S. Senator.
(c) Judge.
(d) Governor.

2. Which Texan becomes both Vice President and President of the United States?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Hubert Humphrey.
(d) George McGovern.

3. Colonel ___________________ is assigned to Fort Sam Garner and leads several raids against the Comanche Indians.
(a) Lewis Renfro.
(b) Nathan Bedford.
(c) Alexander Coffey.
(d) Edward Truelove.

4. Which Presidential administration meets with the exiled Santa Anna?
(a) Harding.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Polk.

5. Yancey Quimper acquires control of which type of business?
(a) Ranch.
(b) Bank.
(c) Mercantile.
(d) Boot making.

6. The man, who was caught in 1961 trying to illegally cross the border, manages to cross the U.S. Border again and lives in which Texas community?
(a) El Paso.
(b) Waco.
(c) Levelland.
(d) Midland.

7. Who is Persifier's wife?
(a) Margaret Sue.
(b) Elizabeth Ann.
(c) Elaine.
(d) Tessa Mae.

8. Soon after Texas becomes a state, the ____________________ occurs from 1846-1848.
(a) Revolutionary War.
(b) Mexican War.
(c) Civil War.
(d) French and Indian War.

9. Under President ___________________, a new Peace Policy regarding the Indians was implemented in 1869.
(a) Grant.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Harding.
(d) Coolidge.

10. Which Indians were responsible for mass burning and killing at San Antonio?
(a) Comanches.
(b) Lakotas.
(c) Cherokees.
(d) Apaches.

11. Who is Emma's son?
(a) Cornelius.
(b) James.
(c) Charles.
(d) Floyd.

12. Why does Laurel face trial within his church?
(a) He has been seen with another man's wife.
(b) He has taken money from the church coffers.
(c) He is accused of encouraging women to dance.
(d) He does not make his children attend church services.

13. Yancey leads a movement to make ________________ a slave state.
(a) Texas.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Montana.

14. What is the name of the town that Earnshaw and Emma establish?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Learned.
(c) Ludlow.
(d) Larkin.

15. Colonel Persifier returns to his cotton plantation in which state?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Black men in the army unit are known as __________________.

2. The Rust settlement gives the remaining Comanches permission to hunt ________________.

3. What happens to the Germans at Fredericksbug who can't support the Civil War?

4. Who kills Benito Garza during a raid on his ranch in Mexico?

5. Ransom Rusk's lawn is torn up by which animals?

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