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Your score: 77%

Question 1

The Coushatta people settled in near the Red River in the late 1700s, led by a man known as Stilapihkachatta. What is the English translation of Stilapihkachatta?

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	Red Shoes		0
	White Hoof		0
	Red Arrow		0
	Blue Cape		0

Question 2

The Sabine, a river that divides Louisiana and Texas, comes from the Spanish word for a _______ tree.

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	Cedar		0
	Oak		0
	Moss		0
	Cypress		1

Question 3

What is a jayhawker?

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	A war-dodger		0
	A Native American mystic		0
	A birdwatcher		0

Question 4

The Atakapa Indians were given the name "Atakapa," which means "man-eater," because they were known for being vicious cannibals in the area.

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	True		0
	False		1

Question 5

The Grabow Shootout was a dispute between union men and a network of owners in what industry?

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	Tobacco		0
	Automobile		0
	Timber		1
	Cotton		0

Question 6

Was the Sabine considered the boundary between law and lawlessness?

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	True		1
	False		0

Question 7

To prevent war, the United States and Spain agreed to withdraw all their troops between the Calcasieu River and the Sabine River and declared the disputed territory a neutral buffer zone. This area became known as No Man's Land.

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	True		1
	False		0

Question 8

Which of these is the name given to the group that organized in Cameron Parish to curb the lawlessness afflicting the cattle range in the late 19th century?

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	Rough Riders		0
	Regulators		0
	Runners		0
	Round-ups		0

Question 9

Which industry uses the terms fallers, misery whips, Swedish fiddles, widow makers, skidders and buckers?

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	Lawless activity		0
	Lumber		1
	Hunting		0

Question 10

Which of these holidays involved an elaborate begging ritual where masked participants travel throughout the countryside going from house to house in order to collect ingredients for a communal gumbo?

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	Rural Mardi Gras		1
	Cajun Halloween		0
	No Man's Christmas		0

Question 11

When lands opened out West, many Upland South pioneers left their homes for better land. Without saying their farewells, they would paint GTT on their doors. What does GTT stand for?

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	Gone to Train		0
	Get to Travelin'		0
	Gone to Texas		1
	Grab the Tractor		0

Question 12

According to old Cajun and Creole folklore, the Loup Garou is the Cajun version of a vampire.

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	True		0
	False		1

Question 13

Black Locust Hill in Louisiana earned its name because of the tremendous number of these insects that populate there each spring.

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	True		0
	False		1

Question 14

What was the name of famous Aunt Becky's horse?

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	Finefoot		0
	Lightning Lucy		0
	Blaze		0

Question 15

According to the Legend of the Money Trees, settlements outside of Leesville often used leaves from trees as currency during the harsh winter months.

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	True		0
	False		1

Question 16

What is a "circuit rider"?

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	A bum going from city to city.		0
	A traveling preacher.		1
	A rodeo trick-rider.		0

Question 17

Natives hunted small vermin called "chert" when deer and fish were scarce.

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	True		0
	False		0

Question 18

Steamers traveling up and down the Sabine River quickly garnered individual reputations. Residents knew each boat by name and some could even recognize each one's unique whistle.

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	True		1
	False		0

Question 19

Many cowboys would never cross a stream with a herd of cattle while facing the sun because cattle often spooked if they saw their reflections in the water.

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	True		1
	False		0

Question 20

Burr Ferry has historical ties to Aaron Burr.

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	True		1
	False		0

Question 21

Early schoolhouses required students to pay tuition of ten to fifteen dollars per month.

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	True		0
	False		0

Question 22

The famous outlaw, John Murrell, used caves as:

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	All answers are correct		1
	Stash spots for treasure		0
	Hideouts for outlaws		0
	Places to leave secret messages		0

Question 23

The term "Louisiana Maneuvers" refers to the tactics used by Louisiana when negotiation territories with the French and Spanish in the early 1800s.

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	True		0
	False		1

Question 24

Charles "Leather Britches" Smith was a famous leatherworker in his time, making whips, saddles and clothing for settlers throughout Beauregard Parish.

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	True		0
	False		1

Question 25

The "trickster" is a human or animal character of a folktale or myth who constantly tries to outsmart or outwit other characters. The Coushatta's trickster is the ______.

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	Raccoon		0
	Rat		0
	Fox		0
	Rabbit		0

Question 26

The Paleo-Natives hunted camel, giant armadillo, short-faced bear, long-horned bison, mastodon, and even saber-toothed tigers!

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	True		1
	False		0

Question 27

Sugartown is rumored to have been named after:

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	The discovery of an abandoned sugar warehouse.		0
	A sugar wagon that turned over into a creek.		1
	The delicious treats and pastries it produced.		0
	An abundance of sugar cane growing in the surrounding areas.		0

Question 28

A "haint" is a ghostly spirit that guards buried treasure.

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	True		1
	False		0

Question 29

Folk medicine in the 1800s included things like using a wad of wet tobacco on a wasp sting.

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	True		1
	False		0

Question 30

Which one of these pirates is famous for using the Calcasieu River to avoid capture?

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	William Kidd		0
	Sir Henry Morgan		0
	Francis Drake		0
	Jean Lafitte		1

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