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The Tree That Would Not Die - Lesson 7
(See the two boys up in the tree.)
 
ANSWER WITH COMPLETE SENTENCES
1. What happened to Texas when it was no longer a separate country?____________
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2. What was the state of Texas called?____________________________________________
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3. How did slaves first get to Texas?___________________________________________________
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4. Why did the slave-owners drive out the Mexican-Americans?_________________________
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5. Why didn't the slave-owners want the slaves to be friends with the Mexican-Americans?
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6. Who hid up in the tree?____________________________________________________
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7. Who was searching for the boys?__________________________________________________
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8. Why didn't the owl make any noise?___________________________________
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9. What happened after the men had passed? ___________________________
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10. What do you think the boys were thinking as the men rode by under them?_______
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