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

2. Which one of the Allerkamp daughters does Otto McNab marry?
(a) Franziska.
(b) Helga.
(c) Zara.
(d) Elaine.

3. Who is Laurel Cobb's wife?
(a) Jo Ellen.
(b) Sue Beth.
(c) Maggie Su.
(d) Lizzella.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Laurel Cobb's cotton crop is ruined by __________________.

2. Earnshaw dies from complications following ____________________.

3. With whom does Otto decide to work together?

4. Which Indians were responsible for mass burning and killing at San Antonio?

5. Earnshaw Rusk is named as United States Indian Agent at _______________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What responsibilities does Earnshaw assume for the town and what is it eventually named?

3. What role does slavery play in Texas prior to the Civil War?

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

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

6. What year is it in Chapter XII and what is the composition of Texas rural areas to city areas?

7. Why do Todd and Maggie Morrison move to Texas and how successful are they at adapting?

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

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

10. How does Yancey come to own the ten thousand acres owned by the Garza women?

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