Level B Lesson Plans: Segment 1

Level B - Segment 1  "Justice for my People: The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Story"

Name:____________________________________________________________

1. Dr. Garcia was born in
   1. Mexico.
   2. Texas.
   3. Spain.
2. T       F        Dr. Garcia's parents were both professionals - teachers.
3. What happened in 1918 that caused his parents to move to Texas? _____________________________________________________________
4. Hector Garcia's parents moved to Mercedes, Texas, because
   1. they liked the name of the town.
   2. they had relatives already living there.
   3. they couldn't walk any more.
5. T       F        Hector Garcia's father encouraged his children be in school athletics.
6. What did Hector Garcia do in order to go to the junior college in Edinburg?
   1. walk and hitchhike
   2. ride a horse
   3. ride the bus
7. What was special about Hector Garcia while he attended the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston? _________________________________________________________________
8. While in Europe he taught himself _________ languages.
   1. two
   2. one
   3. four
9. T       F        Dr. Garcia married a German girl in 1944.
10. Why did Dr. Garcia return to Texas instead of staying in Italy? _________________________________________________________________
11. Why was Mrs. Garcia surprised when she moved to Texas? _________________________________________________________________
12. T       F        In 1944, the GI Bill of Rights was created.
13. While working in the barrios, Dr, Garcia found that many babies died from
    1. infant diarrhea and dehydration.
    2. heart disease and kidney failure.
    3. leprosy and tuberculosis.
14. What did Dr. Garcia discuss on his weekly radio show? ________________________________________________________________
15. While he was hospitalized, Dr. Garcia became angry when he heard a radio broadcast in which
    1. the President said that health care was not important.
    2. the Pope said that the Church was more important than education.
    3. a school superintendent defended segregation of Mexican American students into special classes and schools.
16. What important event occurred in March 1948? ______________________________________________________________
17. The American GI Forum's logo used
    1. thirteen stars to represent the original thirteen American colonies.
    2. seventeen stars to represent the seventeen Mexican American Medal of Honor winners.
    3. thirty stars to represent the United States.
18. In order to spread the word about the newly organized American GI Forum in Texas, Dr. Garcia
    1. chartered a helicopter to fly him to meetings.
    2. sent letters through the mail.
    3. would drive in his car to new meeting locations.
19. Why did Garcia meet with most of his new members in the churches of small Texas towns? _________________________________________________________________
20. Most Mexican Americans did not complain about their poor treatment by Anglos because
    1. they knew the Anglos were better because they had all the power.
    2. it was considered a sign of weakness to complain.
    3. they knew it would be useless.
21. How much were the yearly membership dues in the American GI Forum? ________________________________________________________________
22. How did Felix Longoria die?
    1. He died of old age in Three Rivers, Texas.
    2. He was killed by a kamikaze pilot at Pearl Harbor.
    3. He was killed by a Japanese sniper in the Philippines.
23. Why did the Three Rivers funeral home not want to let Longoria's family hold services for him there? ________________________________________________________________
24. Put these event in order (sequence) from first to last (1,2,3,4)
    1. _______ A story about Felix Longoria appeared in the New York Times.
    2. _______ Dr. Garcia wrote letters to the media and politicians about Longoria.
    3. _______ Longoria was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
    4. _______ There were requests from other states to start new chapters of the American GI Forum.
25. What opinion did Dr. Garcia have about women in the American GI Forum?
    1. Women were there to serve coffee and doughnuts.
    2. They were not needed.
    3. They were valuable; they often could speak when their husbands could not because of fear of retaliation at work.