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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 position was Louise Day Hicks elected to in the spring of 1961?
(a) Sixth District Judge.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Coroner.
(d) The Boston School Committee.

2. What did Louise Day Hicks claim about the Boston schools?
(a) They were the best in the country.
(b) They needed more money.
(c) They were not segregated.
(d) They were segregated.

3. What did Rachel successfully do in August 1967?
(a) Secured a SBA loan.
(b) Found a job.
(c) Found a husband.
(d) Moved in New York.

4. What does Chapter 5 say the Jenkins family had been?
(a) A rich family.
(b) A plantation owner.
(c) A slave family.
(d) A military family.

5. What was Frederick's daughter's name?
(a) Sophia.
(b) Joan.
(c) Helen.
(d) Catherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What school was Coline Diver attending in Chapter 1?

2. When did Charles McKechnie die?

3. When did Arthur Garrity release his decision in the civil right case mentioned in Chapter 14?

4. Where did Alice McGoff work according to Chapter 3?

5. What was Alice McGoff's ethnicity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Colin impressed with South End in Chapter 11?

2. Where does Alice McGoff's family come from, according to Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

7. What did Hiran do to his name?

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

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

10. When did Rachel first meet King?

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