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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 did Alice's friends and family refuse to discuss with her?
(a) Her children's actions.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Busing issues.
(d) Politics.

2. What was the community successful in doing in 1975, according to Chapter 15?
(a) Re-segregating the school.
(b) Ousting Mayor White.
(c) Having Colin Diver fired.
(d) Keeping Charlestown High School from being a magnet.

3. What did Colin start wondering, in Chapter 22?
(a) If the South End was where he wanted them to live.
(b) If he wanted to move to England.
(c) If city hall was good for him.
(d) If he wanted other children.

4. What happened in Boston in 1976?
(a) Parents began to protest violently.
(b) The Jude Market reopened.
(c) The busing system collapsed.
(d) The town bicentennial.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who called for police when a group threatened to burn Alva's house?

2. Why was Billy McGoff's class trip canceled at the beginning of the senior year?

3. What does Chapter 27 say about Cassandra Twymon and Charlestown High?

4. Who was Alva's husband?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What difference was there between Alice and her family and friends?

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

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

4. What did Rachel institute?

5. What statement did the Cardinal make that caused an uproar?

6. What was published on the front page of the newspaper on October 9, 1975?

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

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

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

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

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