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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town did the Franciscans build a teaching center?
(a) Zacatecons.
(b) Merida.
(c) Ixtapa.
(d) Puebla.

2. What year is it in Chapter I when Garcilaco travels to Mexico City?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1752.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1535.

3. How does Jubal Quimper die?
(a) Knife wound.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Gunshot wound.

4. To what U.S. city did Finlay McNab flee when he got into trouble with the law in Bristol, England?
(a) New York.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Boston.
(d) Charleston.

5. Who is appointed as the chairman of the Task Force?
(a) Ransom Rusk.
(b) Lorenzo Quimper.
(c) Professor Efrain Garza.
(d) Dr. Barlow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do the Quimpers NOT experience as they travel across Texas?

2. How old is Ramon, son of Alvara and Benita, in Chapter III?

3. Benito Garza feels thinks that the Alamo will last ________________ days if it is under siege.

4. Which location was another site of battles in the Texas revolution?

5. Father Francis Xavier Clooney tells the Quimpers that they will get no land in Texas unless _______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Benito sides with General Santa Anna and rides to the Alamo. What happens to start the siege there?

2. What were the beginnings of San Antonio as described by the author in Chapter II?

3. Who is The Kronk?

4. What are the underlying reasons for the Texas move toward independence?

5. How old is Ramon in Chapter III and who is his only remaining family member?

6. Which women do Zave Campbell and Finlay McNab marry in Texas?

7. How does the author end each chapter in the book and what topic is addressed in this chapter?

8. Why did the Methodist Qimpers experience religious conflict when settling in Texas?

9. What happens to Finlay McNab's first family?

10. Who is Garcilaco and what is his role in Chapter I?

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