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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were roaming the places where children were playing in the South End neighborhood, according to Chapter 22?
(a) Drug dealers.
(b) Homeless people.
(c) Police patrols.
(d) Prostitutes.

2. What does Chapter 27 say about Cassandra Twymon and Charlestown High?
(a) Cassandra was uncomfortable going there.
(b) Cassandra was glad she finished school.
(c) Cassandra wanted to teach there.
(d) Cassandra loved it.

3. Why did Rachel senior institute legal action through the Department of Public Welfare?
(a) To have Cassandra get married.
(b) To have Rachel returned to her.
(c) To have Rachel's baby found.
(d) To have Cassandra and Rachel placed in a home.

4. Where was Billy McGoff's class trip supposed to bring them?
(a) Boston, England.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) York, England.
(d) Dublin, Ireland.

5. What happened in Boston in 1976?
(a) The busing system collapsed.
(b) Parents began to protest violently.
(c) The town bicentennial.
(d) The Jude Market reopened.

6. What happened to the Methunion Manor project?
(a) It closed.
(b) It went bankrupt.
(c) It accepted only white applicants.
(d) It sold to a media company.

7. Who came to Alva and her husband's assistance after the attacks against them?
(a) The H.E.L.P. organization.
(b) The I.D.D. organization.
(c) The R.U.N. organization.
(d) The S.C.A.R.E. organization.

8. Who did the Powder Keg group start to contact after being unsatisfied with the treatment received from city hall and the courts?
(a) The Senate.
(b) The President.
(c) Their congressmen.
(d) The governor's office.

9. When did Bod Murphy become headmaster of Charlestown high?
(a) October 24, 1976.
(b) October 14, 1975.
(c) October 24, 1975.
(d) June 24, 1975.

10. What did the Powder Keg group oppose, in Chapter 23?
(a) Kevin White reelection.
(b) De-segregation.
(c) Forced integration.
(d) Segregation.

11. Who appeared in Charleston and faced deep resentment, according to Chapter 15?
(a) Ted Kennedy.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) Malcom X.
(d) Kevin White.

12. What stores rented the commercial space in the Methunion Manor building, according to Chapter 21?
(a) McDonalds and Sears.
(b) Head Start and a Soul Center.
(c) Dillons and Burger King.
(d) Soul Center and Sears.

13. Who did Medeiros help while in Texas?
(a) Illegal immigrants.
(b) Mexicans.
(c) The underprivileged.
(d) Texan farmers.

14. Which of Rachel's children was put on probation after being arrested?
(a) Robert.
(b) Steve.
(c) George.
(d) Rachel.

15. Who called for police when a group threatened to burn Alva's house?
(a) Alva's husband.
(b) An undercover officer.
(c) A retired officer.
(d) A concerned neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Alice's friends and family refuse to discuss with her?

2. What did the Kiernan Commission decide, according to Chapter 20?

3. What meeting did Alice McGoff start to attend, according to Chapter 15?

4. Who was Alice McGoff working for, at the start of Chapter 19?

5. What did Bob Murphy make clear when he became headmaster?

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