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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does William Percy gain his reputation?

2. In 1937, the Mississippi waters rise again, but why is there no flood?

3. In 1928, what are the blacks in the Delta region doing?

4. With whom does LeRoy Percy Sr. prefer to have a relationship with rather than William?

5. Why does Hoover need a good reputation with the blacks?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the levee get fixed without armed guards forcing the blacks to do it?

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

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

4. How does Will Percy respond to the waters rising again and levees in ruins?

5. Why do LeRoy Percy and his son, William Percy, not see things the same way?

6. How are LeRoy Percy's dreams being destroyed as the city of Greenville is flooded?

7. How does the flood make Hoover a hero?

8. Why does Hoover's views and the Colored Advisory Committee's views different?

9. Why does the dynamiting the levee below New Orleans prove the levees only plan to be a failure?

10. How are the refugees that were guaranteed care treated by Hoover and the Red Cross?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How could the flooding in many of the cities been prevented? What was ignored by the politicians? What did the politicians focus on?

Essay Topic 2

World War I was occurring during the time of the flood. How did the war affect the Delta region during this time? Why was the war mentioned repeatedly throughout the book? Who did the war affect the greatest and why?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the title of the book. How did the Great Flood of 1927 change America? What has the flood caused people in the area to change? Has the area changed at all? Does the area still need improvements?

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