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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Colin Diver not sure he wanted to do after finishing his studies, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Work for himself.
(b) Be part of the establishment.
(c) Get a job.
(d) Be a Doctor.

2. What category of people wanted to move to South End in the early 70s?
(a) Young professionals.
(b) African-Americans.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Retirees.

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

4. What did Alice McGoff support, but was skeptical of when it moved to the north?
(a) Malcom X movement.
(b) The Black Panther movement.
(c) Ted Kennedy's movement.
(d) Martin Luther King's movement.

5. Who canceled James Brown's concert after the assassination of Martin Luther King?
(a) The House of Blues.
(b) The Symphony Hall.
(c) The Boston Gardens.
(d) The New England Conservatory of Music

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Chapter 4 say was with Colin Diver when he listened to Mayor's White speech?

3. What was Colin working on, at the start of Chapter 13?

4. What school did Rachel Twymon's children attend, according to Chapter 8?

5. What did Colin and his wife want to do in the South End, according to Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what judge was assigned to the civil rights case, Morgan v Hennigan?

2. What does Chapter 1 say Colin Diver was affected by?

3. Which of Alice McGoff's family members immigrated to Boston, returned to Ireland, and then went back to Boston?

4. What did Hiran do to his name?

5. Where were conditions worse for Rachel Twymon's children?

6. What was the decision released on June 21, 1974?

7. Who was Dr. John McKechnie, according to Chapter 7?

8. How did the Boston School Committee react to a case study?

9. What formed in Charlestown during Alice McGoff's childhood, in Chapter 10?

10. What did Bernie Kirk feel about the Kennedy family?

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