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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. Otto learns that Franza's brother has been trying to negotiate peace with the _________________ Indians.
(a) Comanche.
(b) Apache.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Navajo.

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 _________________.
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Waco.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Vera Cruz.

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

4. When the Klan whips a man named __________________, he visits Floyd Rusk the next day.
(a) Kunte.
(b) Kongo.
(c) Kimbro.
(d) Kane.

5. Captain George Reed is sent to erect a fort which is then named _______________________.
(a) Fort Sam Garner.
(b) Fort Reeves.
(c) Fort Grant.
(d) Fort George Reed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the Allerkamp daughters does Otto McNab marry?

2. Hector Garza lives in an area where ________________ of the population is Hispanic.

3. Which of the following groups is NOT welcome in Larkin County after the arrival of the Ku Klux Klan?

4. Otto joins a police-like unit called a/an ________________________.

5. Colonel Persifier returns to his cotton plantation in which state?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Republic of Texas come to an end and on what date does that occur?

2. Explain the situation of illegal alien Eloy Muzquiz and his attempts to immigrate to Texas.

3. What law enforcement group does Otto join and whom is he supposed to capture?

4. Who is named the first U.S. Indian Agent?

5. How did the Indians feel about President Polk's Peace Policy?

6. What is Benito Garza's opinion of the Mexican War and why would he feel this way?

7. How did the U.S. troops finally get the Indians to move to the reservation?

8. Who is R.J. Poteet and what role does he play in the new town?

9. Why do new Texas residents like Persifier and Somerset Cobb decide to side with the South in the Civil War?

10. What would account for the brutality of the Texans during the Mexican War?

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