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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Boston officials try to calm the African-American community after the assassination of Martin Luther King?
(a) Called in the National Guard.
(b) Let the riots die out.
(c) Used police.
(d) Used the African-American leaders instead of the police.

2. Why was Heywood Twymon jailed several times?
(a) For abuse.
(b) For theft.
(c) For robbery.
(d) For non-support.

3. What does Chapter 11 say the South End once was?
(a) The east coast drug hub.
(b) The cheapest place for lodging in Boston.
(c) The most dangerous place in America.
(d) The largest rooming house district of America.

4. Where was Ben Diver originally from, according to Chapter 7?
(a) County Donegal.
(b) County Washington.
(c) County Chaffee.
(d) County Deneb.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chapter 5 say the Jenkins family had been?

2. What event does Chapter 9 say was an embarrassment for the Kennedy administration?

3. When did Arthur Garrity become a judge?

4. Where did Alice McGoff work according to Chapter 3?

5. What did Colin learn about the Boston mayor's ambitions?

(see the answer key)

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