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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Franza's brother, Theo, killed during a visit to see him in Indianola?
(a) Cholera.
(b) An Apache raid.
(c) Typhus.
(d) A hurricane strike.

3. 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 Loco.
(b) El Godo.
(c) El Santo.
(d) El Lobo.

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

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

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

7. Laurel Cobb's cotton crop is ruined by __________________.
(a) Drought.
(b) Tornado.
(c) Boll weevils.
(d) Fire.

8. Which states does President Polk want to buy from Mexico to add them to the union?
(a) California and Colorado.
(b) California and Arizona.
(c) Arizona and New Mexico.
(d) California and New Mexico.

9. Where is Santa Anna living in exile?
(a) Venezuela.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Panama.
(d) Brazil.

10. Who is Persifier's brother?
(a) Somerset.
(b) Dane.
(c) Edward.
(d) Clayton.

11. The Texas War for Independence ends with Santa Anna ______________________.
(a) Being demoted to a soldier.
(b) Being killed.
(c) Being exiled from Mexico.
(d) Being captured.

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

13. The slave named _________________ sells cotton in Mexico and receives a letter of credit with which he buys land.
(a) Joe.
(b) Trajan.
(c) Finny.
(d) Eban.

14. Which general is sent to Texas to protect the Texas border?
(a) General Zachary Taylor.
(b) General Douglas MacArthur.
(c) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) General Robert E. Lee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Texans Cactus John Garner and ____________________ both become Speakers of the House.

2. Where do Sett and Lissa purchase land in Texas?

3. Who is Emma's son?

4. Which Presidential administration meets with the exiled Santa Anna?

5. The group that Otto now belongs to is called ____________________.

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