1. The main idea of this selection is best
stated as: |
| a. |
The Battle of the Alamo was an enormous loss for the
Americans. |
| b. |
If it weren't for the Texas Revolution, everyone in
Texas would be speaking Spanish. |
| c. |
Smith, a deaf man, played an important role in the
Texas Revolution. |
| d. |
Smith was a good scout. |
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2. General Houston was very upset about the
fall of the Alamo and "sent Captain Smith to get more
details." We can tell from this that: |
| a. |
General Houston trusted Smith to find out important
information. |
| b. |
Houston had nothing else that Smith was able to do. |
| c. |
Houston was testing Smith to see if he was any good
at his job. |
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3. Put the following events in the correct
order: |
| a. |
The Texas Revolution started, Smith got married,
Smith volunteered for service, Mexican troops tried to stop him from
seeing his family. |
| b. |
Smith got married, the Texas Revolution started,
Mexican troops tried to stop Smith from seeing his family, Smith
volunteered for service. |
| c. |
Smith got married, the Texas Revolution started,
Smith volunteered for service, Mexican troops tried to stop him from
seeing his family. |
| d. |
The Texas Revolution started, Smith volunteered for
service, Smith got married, Mexican troops tried to stop him from seeing
his family. |
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4. At first, Smith refused to take part in the
Texas Revolution because: |
| a. |
he was a pacifist and didn't believe in fighting. |
| b. |
Mexican soldiers stopped him from going to San
Antonio. |
| c. |
he was already a Captain. |
| d. |
his wife was Mexican, and he didn't want to fight
against her people. |
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5. The first time Smith visited Texas was in: |
| a. |
1787 |
| b. |
1836 |
| c. |
1817 |
| d. |
1821 |
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6. "After Mexican troops tried to stop him
from going to see his family, he volunteered for service with the
Texans." From this sentence we can assume that: |
| a. |
the only way for him to see his family was for him
to become a Captain. |
| b. |
Smith was angry with the Mexican troops for keeping
him from his family. |
| c. |
The Mexicans stopped him because he was married to a
Mexican woman. |
| d. |
Smith was friends with the Mexican troops who
stopped him. |
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