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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Rachel's church propose to have setup on the first floor of the Methunion Manor.?
(a) A free medical clinic.
(b) A shopping center of African American owned businesses.
(c) A shopping center open only to African Americans.
(d) A prayer center.

2. What did Joan Diver become actively involved with, in Chapter 18?
(a) The city council.
(b) Philanthropic organizations.
(c) Segregation protests.
(d) The school board.

3. What happened on October 7, 1974, at the Boston Globe, according to Chapter 24?
(a) The editor in chief was let go.
(b) Shots were fired.
(c) A strike.
(d) A fire.

4. What party did Cassandra and Rachel attend on the 4th of July?
(a) Colin Cover's party.
(b) Alva's party.
(c) The city hall party.
(d) Rachel's party.

5. Where did Cassandrea Twymon go to school after the busing started, according to Chapter 16?
(a) South End High.
(b) Charlestown High.
(c) St Patrick's.
(d) Brighton High.

6. What happened to the applicants requesting commercial space at the Methunion Manor?
(a) They were beaten.
(b) They were rejected.
(c) They were asked to pay upfront.
(d) They were accepted.

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

8. What happened to Alva and her family when they settled in the Dorchester section of Boston?
(a) They crashed their car.
(b) Rocks were thrown at their windows.
(c) They had their first child.
(d) A welcome party.

9. Who received the Democratic nomination in 1972, according to Chapter 28?
(a) McGovern.
(b) Ted Kennedy.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Kevin White.

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

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

12. What happened when African-American kids qualified for sport teams?
(a) Some of the Caucasian players quit.
(b) The school board resigned.
(c) The coaches quit.
(d) All the Caucasian players quit.

13. Where did the Boston Cardinal grow up, according to Chapter 20?
(a) Fall River.
(b) Amarillo.
(c) Rapid Creek.
(d) Boston.

14. Who did Lisa McGoff befriend at an adventure-challenge camp?
(a) White supremacists.
(b) Rachel Twymon.
(c) Black students from Roxbury.
(d) Black social workers.

15. What did the students believe caused the cancellation of their class trip, according to Chapter 17?
(a) Racism.
(b) Safety.
(c) Busing.
(d) Lack of funding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were roaming the places where children were playing in the South End neighborhood, according to Chapter 22?

2. What stores rented the commercial space in the Methunion Manor building, according to Chapter 21?

3. Why was Billy McGoff's class trip canceled at the beginning of the senior year?

4. What school did Cassandra receive her degree from?

5. Why did the demonstration Alice attended in Washington have low attendance?

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