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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What case was Judge Arthur Garrity assigned to, at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) Hick vs Hennigan.
(b) Morgan vs Board of Education.
(c) Morgan vs Hennigan.
(d) Tally vs City Hall.

2. What does Chapter 12 say about Colin and the Boston mayor?
(a) White did not like Colin.
(b) Colin hated White.
(c) Colin barely saw him the first year.
(d) White took Colin under his wing.

3. What was involved in the desegregation of the Boston school system?
(a) Creating a new school district.
(b) Redesigning existing school districts.
(c) Disbanding the school board and schedule elections.
(d) Mandatory busing.

4. When did John McKechnie come to Boston, according to Chapter 7?
(a) 1790.
(b) 1785.
(c) 1755.
(d) 1753.

5. Where did Alice McGoff work according to Chapter 3?
(a) A clothing store.
(b) She was unemployed.
(c) Boston City Hall.
(d) Charlestown Navy Yard Officers Club.

6. For whom did Colin work, at the start of Chapter 13?
(a) Barney Frank.
(b) Sam Merrick
(c) Kevin White.
(d) Rosy O'Donnel.

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

8. Whom did the Jenkins family migrate to Nova Scotia with?
(a) Alone.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Their owners.
(d) With their flock.

9. Who did Bernie Kirk marry, according to Chapter 6?
(a) Sophia Morruw.
(b) Gertrude Wolfberg.
(c) Janette Spott.
(d) Catherine Gertt.

10. What happened to the South End after it became a slum?
(a) It was revitalized.
(b) It was abandoned.
(c) It was rebuilt.
(d) It was destroyed.

11. What did Rachel have trouble finding, at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) Her children.
(b) A taxi to take her home.
(c) Tickets for Cats.
(d) A place in a bus.

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

13. How old was Rachel when she first met Martin Luther King?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

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

15. What event does Chapter 9 say was an embarrassment for the Kennedy administration?
(a) The death of Robert Kennedy.
(b) The election of Louise Day Hicks.
(c) A boycott of the Boston schools.
(d) The election of Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Fanny Walker relocate to Boston?

3. What was Colin Diver not sure he wanted to do after finishing his studies, according to Chapter 1?

4. How many children did Alice McGoff have?

5. What does Chapter 11 say the South End once was?

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