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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29 - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What project was Billy McGoff active in, according to Chapter 17?
(a) Project 86.
(b) Project 76.
(c) Project 96.
(d) Project 6.

2. 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) Used police.
(c) Used the African-American leaders instead of the police.
(d) Let the riots die out.

3. When did Kevin White retire from political life?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1986.

4. What happened on October 7, 1974, at the Boston Globe, according to Chapter 24?
(a) The editor in chief was let go.
(b) Shots were fired.
(c) A fire.
(d) A strike.

5. What did Rachel Twymon not know about four of her sons when she opened her store one morning in Chapter 2?
(a) They were dead.
(b) They were in the crowd looting and roaming.
(c) They were in prison.
(d) They were at school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Powder Keg group oppose, in Chapter 23?

2. What did Lisa McGoff decide to do in the wake of the attack on Ted Landsmark?

3. What happened to the South End after it became a slum?

4. When did Colin Diver graduate?

5. Who were roaming the places where children were playing in the South End neighborhood, according to Chapter 22?

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