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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Colin become the assistant secretary in the state's Secretary of Consumer Affairs division?
(a) October 1974.
(b) October 1971.
(c) October 1972.
(d) October 1973.

2. For whom did Ben Colin work?
(a) MIT computer lab.
(b) MIT physics lab.
(c) MIT photo lab.
(d) MIT biology lab.

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

4. Whom did Colin Diver speak to concerning his interest in working for the city of Boston?
(a) Alice McGoff.
(b) Kevin White.
(c) Barney Frank.
(d) Ted Kennedy.

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

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

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

8. How did Colin Diver avoid the draft?
(a) His father was a politician.
(b) By having two left feet.
(c) By pretending to be homosexual.
(d) By being a student and a father.

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

10. What school was Coline Diver attending in Chapter 1?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Boston College School of Law.
(c) Boston College School of Medicine.
(d) Harvard Law School.

11. What school did Rachel Twymon send her younger children to?
(a) St. Harvey's.
(b) St. Vincent's.
(c) St. Mary's.
(d) St. Patrick's.

12. Why did Louise Day Hicks want to get into public office?
(a) To carry on her father's work.
(b) To institute school segregation.
(c) To eventually get to Congress.
(d) To prevent school integration.

13. What did Colin notice while driving the South End ?
(a) Drug dealers.
(b) Good deals on homes.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Kids of different ethnicities playing together.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Colin and his wife want to do in the South End, according to Chapter 11?

2. What does Chapter 10 say formed in Charleston during Alice McGoff's childhood?

3. What did Rachel have trouble finding, at the start of Chapter 12?

4. What was involved in the desegregation of the Boston school system?

5. What does Chapter 1 say many law school students were avoiding?

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