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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. Who called for police when a group threatened to burn Alva's house?
(a) An undercover officer.
(b) A retired officer.
(c) Alva's husband.
(d) A concerned neighbor.

2. Who was Alice McGoff working for, at the start of Chapter 19?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Boston Port Authority.
(c) City Hall.
(d) New England Telephone Company.

3. What did Lisa McGoff decide to do in the wake of the attack on Ted Landsmark?
(a) Go to St. Patrick's.
(b) Join the Black Panthers.
(c) Quit school.
(d) Not return to Charlestown High.

4. Where did the Powder Keg group originate?
(a) Charlestown.
(b) Boston North.
(c) New York.
(d) South End.

5. Who appeared in Charleston and faced deep resentment, according to Chapter 15?
(a) Ted Kennedy.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) Kevin White.
(d) Malcom X.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who received the Democratic nomination in 1972, according to Chapter 28?

2. What tradition did the Powder Keg group renew, according to Chapter 23?

3. What was Alice unable to afford, according to Chapter 23?

4. What meeting did Alice McGoff start to attend, according to Chapter 15?

5. Who did Medeiros help while in Texas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Rachel's church start, in Chapter 21, and who pressured Methunion?

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

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

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

6. Where was Alice McGoff working, at the start of Chapter 19?

7. What was Lisa McGoff having nightmares of, in Chapter 26?

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

9. What happened at the newspaper company building on October 7, 1974, in Chapter 24?

10. What happened by the end of the year, according to Chapter 17?

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