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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. Why does the flood plan have to be constantly changed?
(a) The river is always changing.
(b) Problems still exist.
(c) They change with new government.
(d) No one really knows what they are doing.

2. Why isn't the national goodwill effective in the Delta region?
(a) The people won't allow the national goodwill in the region.
(b) The government won't let them help.
(c) The national goodwill refuses to help.
(d) There aren't enough funds and the funds are being used poorly.

3. How long do the food stages last?
(a) A year.
(b) 6-8 months.
(c) 4-6 months.
(d) 2-4 months.

4. A year after the flooding at Mounds Landing, how many people were the Red Cross still feeding?
(a) None.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 100,000.

5. Who is in charge of the finances in New Orleans?
(a) William Percy.
(b) Butler.
(c) LeRoy Percy.
(d) Governor Simpson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Butler limit payments to the people in the southern parishes?

2. In September, 1927 what condition is the Mississippi Drainage Basin in?

3. What is significant about the piece of legislature allowing the structural change in the river?

4. Why is Butler's bank paid a generous sum of money?

5. Who makes the Flood Relief Committee overturn Will Percy's decision to evacuate the refugees?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effects the lengths of the food stages?

2. What is the basis of the new corporation Hoover starts in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi?

3. What condition are St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemines in?

4. Why does Butler threaten the local lawyers from taking any cases from the people of the lower parishes?

5. What are the possible reasons for the crops not growing?

6. Why do the the national black leaders contact Hoover to complain about the treatment of blacks in the Delta region?

7. How does Will Percy declaring a martial law in Greenville go against everything his father believes in?

8. Although William Percy hates war, he fights in WWI and emerges a hero. What does this tell the reader about William's character?

9. What does the public mourning of Greenville show about their feelings for LeRoy Percy?

10. How will the improvements to Project Flood reduce flooding?

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