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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when the Texas Hill Country was destroyed?
(a) The hills washed away.
(b) The sun scorched the clay.
(c) The grass grew tall.
(d) The locusts ate everything.

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

3. To what job was Lyndon promoted?
(a) Vice President of Finance.
(b) Hospital Administrator.
(c) Principal.
(d) Civil Engineer.

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

5. What nickname did Lyndon garner?
(a) Bull.
(b) Slim.
(c) Tex.
(d) Hud.

6. What form of disobedience did Lyndon show every day?
(a) He would play hookey.
(b) He would set fires in the town.
(c) He would steal other kids' lunches.
(d) He would cast off his shoes.

7. How old was Lyndon when his family's dynamic changed?
(a) 5.
(b) 18.
(c) 8.
(d) 13.

8. What was the context of the laws in #69?
(a) Voting rights for women.
(b) Minimum wages for all workers.
(c) Equal rights for all people.
(d) The advertising and sales of oil.

9. How much land did the Bunton family still own in the Hill Country of Texas at the time this book was written?
(a) 1,000 acres.
(b) 200 acres.
(c) 500 acres.
(d) 50 acres.

10. The Buntons were known for _____________.
(a) being greedy.
(b) stinginess.
(c) lewd behavior.
(d) big thinking.

11. Into what organization was the organization in #25 eventually absorbed?
(a) The Independent Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Socialist Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

12. What was a prominent nationality of a school in Texas?
(a) German.
(b) Russian.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

13. What characteristic of Lyndon's was the author ignorant of before writing this book?
(a) Ruthlessness.
(b) Diplomacy.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Humor.

14. What was a key to surviving in the Texas Hill Country?
(a) Understanding the Comanche people.
(b) Building sod houses.
(c) Installing irrigation.
(d) Learning how to rotate crops.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Lyndon when he was named?

2. Who was Lyndon's mother?

3. Sam Johnson was said to be _____________________.

4. How many of Sam and Eliza's children were boys?

5. Where did Lyndon get his middle name--Baines?

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