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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Alva and her husband trying to buy, in Chapter 25?
(a) A house.
(b) A store.
(c) A computer.
(d) A car.

2. What did Danny join against his mother's will?
(a) A gang.
(b) The crowd.
(c) School.
(d) The police academy.

3. What tradition did the Powder Keg group renew, according to Chapter 23?
(a) Violent protests.
(b) Sit-ins.
(c) Town meetings.
(d) Hunger strikes.

4. What was Alice McGoff urging her co workers not to do, in Chapter 19?
(a) Not vote for White.
(b) Not give to United Way.
(c) Not go to work.
(d) Not lose hope.

5. What did Alice McGoff wake up to on September 8, 1975, according to Chapter 15?
(a) Helicopters.
(b) A baby crying.
(c) A break in.
(d) Trucks.

6. Who did the Powder Keg group start to contact after being unsatisfied with the treatment received from city hall and the courts?
(a) Their congressmen.
(b) The President.
(c) The Senate.
(d) The governor's office.

7. Who was Alice McGoff working for, at the start of Chapter 19?
(a) City Hall.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Boston Port Authority.
(d) New England Telephone Company.

8. What did Alice's friends and family refuse to discuss with her?
(a) Busing issues.
(b) Her children's actions.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Politics.

9. Where were Colin and Joan coming back from, at the start of Chapter 22?
(a) A school meeting.
(b) The theater.
(c) A concert.
(d) City Hall.

10. What did Colin start wondering, in Chapter 22?
(a) If he wanted other children.
(b) If the South End was where he wanted them to live.
(c) If city hall was good for him.
(d) If he wanted to move to England.

11. Who was the Boston Globe editor in 1974?
(a) Alex Roberts.
(b) Tim Winship.
(c) Colin Diver.
(d) Alice McGoff.

12. What job was Rachel's sister able to get, according to Chapter 25?
(a) Camera operator.
(b) Computer operator.
(c) Radar operator.
(d) Store manager.

13. What prison sentence did Rachel's son Frederick get?
(a) 15 to 20 years.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 2.5 years.
(d) 3 years.

14. Who did the Powder Keg group meet in Washington?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Alexander McKena.
(c) Tip O'Neill.
(d) Ted Kennedy.

15. What did the students believe caused the cancellation of their class trip, according to Chapter 17?
(a) Lack of funding.
(b) Busing.
(c) Racism.
(d) Safety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Alice McGoff enroll three of her children in order to avoid busing?

2. What became Boston's primary concern at the end of 1975?

3. Who did Lisa McGoff befriend at an adventure-challenge camp?

4. What did Alice McGoff survive in Chapter 15?

5. What did Alva tell the case worker, in Chapter 27?

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