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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Charles McKechnie die?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1918.

3. What was Colin working on, at the start of Chapter 13?
(a) Federal funding.
(b) Traffic congestion.
(c) Sewage problems.
(d) School segregation.

4. 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 prevent school integration.
(d) To eventually get to Congress.

5. What organization did Ralph Hoaglund found?
(a) T.D.K.
(b) M.N.U.
(c) C.B.S.
(d) C.V.S.

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

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

8. What did Colin and his wife want to do in the South End, according to Chapter 11?
(a) Buy a store.
(b) Buy a house.
(c) Create a school.
(d) Create social services.

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

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

11. Where was Ben Diver originally from, according to Chapter 7?
(a) County Chaffee.
(b) County Donegal.
(c) County Washington.
(d) County Deneb.

12. When did Colin Diver graduate?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1965.

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

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

15. Where did John McKechnie move to after staying in Boston for a while?
(a) Florida.
(b) Maine.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Boston officials try to calm the African-American community after the assassination of Martin Luther King?

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

3. Who was informed of the assassination of Martin Luther King at the start of Chapter 4?

4. How old was Bernard Kirk when his mother and sister died?

5. How many children did Joseph McKechnie have?

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