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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. Why was Billy McGoff's class trip canceled at the beginning of the senior year?
(a) Terrorist threats.
(b) Too few kids wanted to go.
(c) The teacher lost the money gambling.
(d) The busing was too expensive.

2. What position was David Dretler appointed to, in Chapter 21?
(a) Receiver in bankruptcy.
(b) CEO of United Way.
(c) President of Methunion Manor.
(d) Chief of Police.

3. What did Alice McGoff wake up to on September 8, 1975, according to Chapter 15?
(a) A break in.
(b) Helicopters.
(c) Trucks.
(d) A baby crying.

4. What did Cassandra and Rachel Twymon do in Chapter 27?
(a) Got pregnant.
(b) Moved out of the house.
(c) Married.
(d) Quit school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Alice McGoff survive in Chapter 15?

2. What did Danny join against his mother's will?

3. Where did the Boston Cardinal grow up, according to Chapter 20?

4. Where were Colin and Joan coming back from, at the start of Chapter 22?

5. Who was the Boston Globe editor in 1974?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Medeiros do for Texas?

4. What did parents of Bancroft students do together?

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

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

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

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

9. What was the invisible line, as discussed in Chapter 25?

10. What did Alice do to avoid busing, in Chapter 15?

(see the answer keys)

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