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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 school did Cassandra receive her degree from?
(a) Charlestown High.
(b) South End High.
(c) Boston Central.
(d) The Police Academy.

2. What did Alva tell the case worker, in Chapter 27?
(a) She wanted Cassandra out of the house.
(b) She was available to house other kids.
(c) She wanted to adopt Rachel.
(d) She did not want Cassandra and Rachel with her any longer.

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

4. 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) A welcome party.
(d) They had their first child.

5. What does Chapter 27 say about Cassandra Twymon and Charlestown High?
(a) Cassandra was uncomfortable going there.
(b) Cassandra loved it.
(c) Cassandra wanted to teach there.
(d) Cassandra was glad she finished school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Alva's husband?

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

3. What job was Rachel's sister able to get, according to Chapter 25?

4. What happened on October 7, 1974, at the Boston Globe, according to Chapter 24?

5. What became Boston's primary concern at the end of 1975?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Cardinal Cushing, according to Chapter 20?

2. What did Alice McGoff oppose, in Chapter 23?

3. What strained the relationship between Mayor Kevin White and the Kennedy family?

4. Who received the Democratic Presidential nomination, according to Chapter 28?

5. What did Danny try to get his mother out of?

6. What did Rachel see at the meeting she attended, in Chapter 16?

7. What happened to Colin and Joan, in Chapter 22?

8. What happened with the trip to Boston, in Chapter 17?

9. What happened to Rachel's sons, Richard and George, as well as her daughter Rachel?

10. What was going on with Cassandra Twymon at school, in Chapter 27?

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