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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Fanny Walker relocate to Boston?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1935.

2. Who canceled James Brown's concert after the assassination of Martin Luther King?
(a) The Symphony Hall.
(b) The House of Blues.
(c) The Boston Gardens.
(d) The New England Conservatory of Music

3. What gang was Alice McGoff's son Danny a part of?
(a) The Eagles.
(b) The Dark Shrine.
(c) The Green Store.
(d) The 66.

4. Whom did Colin Diver speak to concerning his interest in working for the city of Boston?
(a) Alice McGoff.
(b) Ted Kennedy.
(c) Kevin White.
(d) Barney Frank.

5. For whom did Colin work, at the start of Chapter 13?
(a) Kevin White.
(b) Barney Frank.
(c) Rosy O'Donnel.
(d) Sam Merrick

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the South End after it became a slum?

2. What type of school did Rachel Twymon keep her children from attending?

3. What does Chapter 9 say was outlawed in 1965?

4. What was Rachel Twymon notified of at the start of Chapter 2?

5. What did Rachel successfully do in August 1967?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Colin impressed with South End in Chapter 11?

2. What did Colin do after he left his position at the mayor's office?

3. Where were conditions worse for Rachel Twymon's children?

4. Who did Ralph Hoaglund, founder of CVS, and others work for?

5. How did the Boston School Committee react to a case study?

6. Why were people buying property in the South End area?

7. What does Chapter 1 say Colin Diver was affected by?

8. What happened to Rachel?

9. What did Rachel Twymon become involved in, according to Chapter 8?

10. What happened to Rachel Twymon, in Chapter 2?

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