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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality of his father's did Lyndon imitate?
(a) Money management skills.
(b) Public speaking skills.
(c) Leadership skills.
(d) Joke-telling skills.

2. What did Lyndon's mother shy away from?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Loud boys.
(c) Dances.
(d) The sun.

3. What was one of Sam Johnson's greatest assets?
(a) He had a great sense of humor.
(b) He could stand alone.
(c) He was a visionary.
(d) He was very generous.

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

5. According to the author, ambition and big ideas can lead to ________________.
(a) greed.
(b) fame.
(c) ruin.
(d) success.

6. What dynamic occurs in the Sam Johnson household?
(a) A downturn in finances.
(b) A move to Maine.
(c) A death of a child.
(d) An adopted child.

7. In what did Lyndon show interest as a boy?
(a) Railroads.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Politics.

8. Of what was the author ignorant when embarking on writing this book?
(a) Lyndon's family tree.
(b) Lyndon's academic excellence.
(c) Lyndon's political deals.
(d) Lyndon's unpleasant traits.

9. Where did Lyndon live while working in the town in #88?
(a) A farmhouse.
(b) An adobe hut.
(c) A boardinghouse.
(d) A rented room in a shack.

10. In what town did Lyndon work?
(a) Dallas.
(b) LaSalle.
(c) Cotulla.
(d) El Paso.

11. Sam Johnson was said to be _____________________.
(a) straight as a shingle.
(b) crooked as the day was long.
(c) a prince of a guy.
(d) a man's man.

12. What did Rebekah refuse to do one day until Lyndon was named?
(a) Get out of bed.
(b) Get dressed.
(c) Take a bath.
(d) Make breakfast.

13. What was one of the reasons Lyndon was promoted to the position in #92?
(a) He was a man.
(b) He was the only one who accepted.
(c) He asked for the job.
(d) He went to Harvard.

14. What nationality of students did Lyndon teach?
(a) Mexican.
(b) German.
(c) Irish.
(d) English.

15. What color eyes did the Buntons have?
(a) Green.
(b) Dark brown.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the political group that emerged in the Texas Hill Country?

2. With what medical organization did Sam Johnson have conflict?

3. What was part of the Sam Johnson identity?

4. Profits dropped so low for the group in #27 that they could not afford to buy _____________.

5. How were Sam and Lyndon's marriages characterized?

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