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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Colin working on, at the start of Chapter 13?
(a) Traffic congestion.
(b) School segregation.
(c) Federal funding.
(d) Sewage problems.

4. When did John McKechnie come to Boston, according to Chapter 7?
(a) 1785.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1753.
(d) 1755.

5. When did Charles McKechnie die?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1918.

Short Answer Questions

1. What college did Joan McKechnie attend?

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

3. What school was Joan Diver's son assigned to, according to Chapter 18?

4. Who or what did Bernie Kirk, Alice's father, not support despite of roots in his district?

5. When did Bod Murphy become headmaster of Charlestown high?

(see the answer key)

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