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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of another political group that became popular during this time?
(a) The Alliance.
(b) The Tories.
(c) The Whigs.
(d) The Nationalists.

2. Who was offering Lyndon the opportunity for a secure financial future?
(a) An employer.
(b) A professor.
(c) An older man.
(d) His mother.

3. Which group was the organization in #25 established to help?
(a) Ranchers.
(b) Miners.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Bankers.

4. What was Lyndon known for being at his college?
(a) The fastest runner.
(b) The best debater.
(c) The most handsome.
(d) The biggest liar.

5. Profits dropped so low for the group in #27 that they could not afford to buy _____________.
(a) livestock.
(b) offices.
(c) seed.
(d) implements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the political group in the South which did not follow the white-supremacist political route?

2. How much land did the Bunton family still own in the Hill Country of Texas at the time this book was written?

3. What was a key to surviving in the Texas Hill Country?

4. According to the author, ambition and big ideas can lead to ________________.

5. The Johnsons were as ambitious as the Buntons but lacked ________________.

(see the answer key)

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