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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chapter 9 say was outlawed in 1965?
(a) Forced desegregation.
(b) The busing system.
(c) Owning a gun.
(d) The de facto school segregation in Massachusetts.

2. What event does Chapter 1 say affected Diver?
(a) The war in Vietnam.
(b) The assassination of John F. Kennedy.
(c) The election of Nixon.
(d) The assassination of Martin Luther King.

3. What was Frederick's daughter's name?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Helen.
(c) Sophia.
(d) Joan.

4. Whom does Chapter 4 say was with Colin Diver when he listened to Mayor's White speech?
(a) Joan Diver.
(b) David Mann.
(c) Martin Black.
(d) Marty Tram.

5. What does Chapter 1 say many law school students were avoiding?
(a) Work.
(b) The establishment.
(c) The draft.
(d) Marrying.

6. Where did Colin live in Chapter 11?
(a) Charlestown.
(b) The South End.
(c) The Inner city.
(d) The suburbs.

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

8. What type of school did Rachel Twymon keep her children from attending?
(a) Private schools.
(b) Public schools.
(c) Segregated schools.
(d) Desegregated schools.

9. How old was Bernard Kirk when his mother and sister died?
(a) 6 years old.
(b) 5 years old.
(c) 8 years old.
(d) 4 years old.

10. What did Louise Day Hicks claim about the Boston schools?
(a) They were segregated.
(b) They needed more money.
(c) They were not segregated.
(d) They were the best in the country.

11. What was Rachel Twymon notified of at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Her store was vandalized.
(b) Her husband died.
(c) Her store was burned down.
(d) Her son was arrested.

12. What was Louise Day Hicks known to be?
(a) A liberal.
(b) A saint.
(c) A bigot.
(d) An alcoholic.

13. Why did Alice McGoff lose her income?
(a) Her alimony checks stopped coming.
(b) She was fired.
(c) The Navy yard closed.
(d) Her social security ran out.

14. What city administration team did Colin play, in according to Chapter 11?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Football.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Softball.

15. What did Alice McGoff support, but was skeptical of when it moved to the north?
(a) Martin Luther King's movement.
(b) Malcom X movement.
(c) The Black Panther movement.
(d) Ted Kennedy's movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Colin Diver avoid the draft?

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

3. Why did Louise Day Hicks want to get into public office?

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

5. What school did Rachel Twymon send her younger children to?

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