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

2. Where were the two people when Chapter 2 opens?
(a) The Roxbury Orchard housing project.
(b) South End.
(c) Boston City Hall.
(d) Washington, D.C.

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

4. What area did Colin live in?
(a) The Hety Project.
(b) The Brighton area.
(c) The Long area.
(d) The Gand Project.

5. Who did the Powder Keg group meet in Washington?
(a) Alexander McKena.
(b) Tip O'Neill.
(c) Ted Kennedy.
(d) Richard Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Colin and Joan coming back from, at the start of Chapter 22?

2. Whom did Colin Diver speak to concerning his interest in working for the city of Boston?

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

4. What were the Divers unhappy with, in Chapter 29?

5. Who called for police when a group threatened to burn Alva's house?

(see the answer key)

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