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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ransom Rusk's lawn is torn up by which animals?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Raccoons.
(c) Armadillos.
(d) Bears.

2. Yancey gives himself the military title of __________________.
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) General.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Captain.

3. What is Earnshaw Rusk's job?
(a) To annihilate the Indians.
(b) To get the Indians to move to reservations.
(c) To convert the Indians to Judaism.
(d) To educate the Indians.

4. Who was the U.S. Border Patrol agent who caught the man illegally crossing the border in 1961?
(a) Chris Miller.
(b) Ben Talbot.
(c) Jack Murray.
(d) Bill Weston.

5. Black men in the army unit are known as __________________.
(a) Buffalo Soldiers.
(b) Darkies.
(c) Midnight Soldiers.
(d) Nigger Soldiers.

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

7. Todd Morrison becomes a multimillionaire in which industry?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Oil.
(c) Real estate.
(d) Communications.

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

9. Texans Cactus John Garner and ____________________ both become Speakers of the House.
(a) Harley Hatton.
(b) Lyndon Johnson.
(c) Sam Rayburn.
(d) George Bush.

10. Whom does Earnshaw Rust marry?
(a) Emma Seames.
(b) Emma Larkin.
(c) Suzanne Malvern.
(d) Elizabeth Morton.

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

12. How do the army troops force the Indians to surrender and move to the reservations?
(a) They kill off their animals.
(b) They burn their encampments.
(c) They force them at gunpoint.
(d) They begin to poison them.

13. Who is the man who would take pregnant women across the border into the U.S. so their child would be born an American citizen?
(a) El Santo.
(b) El Godo.
(c) El Loco.
(d) El Lobo.

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

15. Otto joins a police-like unit called a/an ________________________.
(a) Ranging company.
(b) Legal company.
(c) Equine company.
(d) Tracker company.

Short Answer Questions

1. The colonel assigned to Fort Sam Garner and his men rescue _________________ who had been captured by the Indians.

2. Which family is the first to move into one of the abandoned houses at the fort to make a town?

3. Comanche Chief _____________ holds a war council and decides to attack the settlement in #124.

4. What does the man who works with Otto study?

5. How is Franza's brother, Theo, killed during a visit to see him in Indianola?

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