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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea does Chapter 15 say Alice McGoff did not like?
(a) Reelecting the school board.
(b) Desegregation.
(c) Disbanding the bus driver union.
(d) Mandatory busing.

2. How did Chapter 9 start?
(a) With the election of Nixon.
(b) With the assassination of Martin Luther King.
(c) With graduation at Cambell Junior high School.
(d) With the end of the Vietnam War.

3. What did Alice McGoff survive in Chapter 15?
(a) A fire.
(b) A mugging.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A brief skirmish with the police.

4. What did the students believe caused the cancellation of their class trip, according to Chapter 17?
(a) Safety.
(b) Busing.
(c) Lack of funding.
(d) Racism.

5. What college did Joan McKechnie attend?
(a) Washington College for Girls.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Wheaton College.
(d) Boston College.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization worked to raise money and improve the condition in the African-American community in Boston?

2. When did Quinnie die, according to Chapter 5?

3. Where did Alice McGoff enroll three of her children in order to avoid busing?

4. Why was United Way targeted by protesters, according to Chapter 19?

5. Who appeared in Charleston and faced deep resentment, according to Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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