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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 does Chapter 13 say about Colin's ambition?
(a) He wanted out of politics.
(b) He wanted to be governor.
(c) He was interested in Boston's success.
(d) He wanted to go to Congress.

2. What does Chapter 1 say many law school students were avoiding?
(a) Work.
(b) The draft.
(c) Marrying.
(d) The establishment.

3. What did Rachel Twymon not know about four of her sons when she opened her store one morning in Chapter 2?
(a) They were at school.
(b) They were dead.
(c) They were in the crowd looting and roaming.
(d) They were in prison.

4. Who was with Colin Diver when he was listening to radio reports on the riots in 1968?
(a) His sister Margaret.
(b) His father Joe.
(c) His wife Joan.
(d) His friend Mike.

5. When did Arthur Garrity release his decision in the civil right case mentioned in Chapter 14?
(a) June 2, 1974.
(b) June 21, 1975.
(c) June 21, 1974.
(d) July 21, 1974.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Colin become the assistant secretary in the state's Secretary of Consumer Affairs division?

2. What organization worked to raise money and improve the condition in the African-American community in Boston?

3. How did Colin Diver avoid the draft?

4. Where was Ben Diver originally from, according to Chapter 7?

5. What degree(s) did Louise Day Hicks have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were people buying property in the South End area?

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

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

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

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

6. What did Rachel help found after moving to Methunion Manor?

7. What did Hiran do to his name?

8. What happened to Rachel Twymon, in Chapter 2?

9. What does Chapter 9 of Common Ground begin with, and why is Louise Day Hicks significant?

10. Who lived at the Bunker Hill housing project, according to Chapter 3?

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