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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was informed of the assassination of Martin Luther King at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Ted Kennedy.
(c) The mayor of Boston.
(d) President Nixon.

2. What does Chapter 12 say about Colin and the Boston mayor?
(a) White did not like Colin.
(b) White took Colin under his wing.
(c) Colin hated White.
(d) Colin barely saw him the first year.

3. What does Chapter 10 say formed in Charleston during Alice McGoff's childhood?
(a) Anti-segregation movements.
(b) Unaffiliated political parties.
(c) Gangs.
(d) New neighborhoods.

4. What did Louise Day Hicks claim about the Boston schools?
(a) They were not segregated.
(b) They needed more money.
(c) They were segregated.
(d) They were the best in the country.

5. What became Boston's primary concern at the end of 1975?
(a) Quality of the education.
(b) The economy.
(c) The desegregation.
(d) Busing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Alice McGoff have?

2. Who canceled James Brown's concert after the assassination of Martin Luther King?

3. Who was Joseph McKechnie?

4. What school did Rachel Twymon's children attend, according to Chapter 8?

5. What does Chapter 13 say about Colin's ambition?

(see the answer key)

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