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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Alice McGoff wake up to on September 8, 1975, according to Chapter 15?
(a) A baby crying.
(b) Helicopters.
(c) A break in.
(d) Trucks.

2. Who was the Boston Globe editor in 1974?
(a) Alex Roberts.
(b) Colin Diver.
(c) Tim Winship.
(d) Alice McGoff.

3. What was Alice unable to afford, according to Chapter 23?
(a) Good schools for her children.
(b) Move to the suburbs.
(c) Food.
(d) Medical care.

4. What comment did the Cardinal make that caused an uproar?
(a) He was not safe in South Boston.
(b) Schools should be segregated.
(c) Women had no souls.
(d) White people were superior to African Americans.

5. Whom does Chapter 23 says attended Powder Keg meetings regularly?
(a) Alice McGoff.
(b) Rachel Twymon.
(c) Kevin White.
(d) Joan Diver.

6. Who did the Powder Keg group meet in Washington?
(a) Ted Kennedy.
(b) Tip O'Neill.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Alexander McKena.

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

8. What prison sentence did Rachel's son Frederick get?
(a) 15 to 20 years.
(b) 2.5 years.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 3 years.

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

10. Where were Colin and Joan coming back from, at the start of Chapter 22?
(a) City Hall.
(b) A concert.
(c) A school meeting.
(d) The theater.

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

12. Who did Danny McGoff watch from a corner, according to Chapter 15?
(a) His girlfriend Sara.
(b) His sister Cathy.
(c) His friend Mike.
(d) His brothers, Tommy and Kevin.

13. Who was Alice protesting in front of, according to Chapter 19?
(a) United Way's headquarters.
(b) New England Telephone Company's president.
(c) Mayor White's house.
(d) The city hall.

14. What did Rachel's church start, in Chapter 21?
(a) Black Economic Development Program.
(b) Black Freedom Program.
(c) Black Desegregation Program.
(d) Black Security Programs.

15. What did Cassandra and Rachel Twymon do in Chapter 27?
(a) Moved out of the house.
(b) Quit school.
(c) Got pregnant.
(d) Married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Powder Keg group start to contact after being unsatisfied with the treatment received from city hall and the courts?

2. Why did Rachel senior institute legal action through the Department of Public Welfare?

3. Who called for police when a group threatened to burn Alva's house?

4. Where was Billy McGoff's class trip supposed to bring them?

5. Who was Alva's husband?

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