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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did Colin formulate after taking on more responsibilities at the Boston City Hall?
(a) The B-BURG.
(b) The U-BURG.
(c) The C-BURG.
(d) The G-BURG.

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

3. What did Rachel decide to do, at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) Find a new job.
(b) Find a new husband.
(c) Move out of Boston.
(d) Move out of the Orchard Park project.

4. 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.

5. What did Colin learn about the Boston mayor's ambitions?
(a) Mayorship was just a stepping stone.
(b) White wanted to go to Congress.
(c) White didn't want to be mayor.
(d) White wanted to concentrate on Boston.

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

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

8. What does Chapter 10 say formed in Charleston during Alice McGoff's childhood?
(a) Unaffiliated political parties.
(b) New neighborhoods.
(c) Anti-segregation movements.
(d) Gangs.

9. 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.

10. How many children did Joseph McKechnie have?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

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

12. Who was informed of the assassination of Martin Luther King at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) President Nixon.
(b) Ted Kennedy.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) The mayor of Boston.

13. What was Alice McGoff's ethnicity?
(a) Caucasian.
(b) Chinese-American.
(c) Mexican.
(d) African-American.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Chapter 9 say was an embarrassment for the Kennedy administration?

2. When did Arthur Garrity release his decision in the civil right case mentioned in Chapter 14?

3. What category of people wanted to move to South End in the early 70s?

4. Where did John McKechnie move to after staying in Boston for a while?

5. What does Chapter 5 say about Quinnie having many of?

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