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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 performance did Rachel Twymon attend, at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) West Side Story.
(b) Hello Dolly.
(c) Cats.
(d) Bloom.

2. What did the Kiernan Commission decide, according to Chapter 20?
(a) Boston mayor commited perjury.
(b) Boston's busing was illegal.
(c) Boston schools were not racially imbalanced.
(d) Boston schools were racially imbalanced.

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

4. What was Alice McGoff urging her co workers not to do, in Chapter 19?
(a) Not give to United Way.
(b) Not lose hope.
(c) Not vote for White.
(d) Not go to work.

5. What position was Louise Day Hicks elected to in the spring of 1961?
(a) Sixth District Judge.
(b) The Boston School Committee.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Coroner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Cardinal Medeiros's predecessor?

2. When did Owen Kirk move to Roodstown, according to Chapter 6?

3. When did John McKechnie come to Boston, according to Chapter 7?

4. What happened when African-American kids qualified for sport teams?

5. What extra curricular activity did Colin Diver do that Chapter 1 says opened the door to the best jobs?

(see the answer key)

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