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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 was Joan Diver's son assigned to, according to Chapter 18?
(a) Boston Central school.
(b) Lower Roxbury school.
(c) Charlestown school.
(d) South End school.

2. What did Bob Murphy make clear when he became headmaster?
(a) White students would get a better education.
(b) Blacks would not be forced out of school.
(c) Segregation was his goal.
(d) Desegregation was a bad thing.

3. Who did the Powder Keg group start to contact after being unsatisfied with the treatment received from city hall and the courts?
(a) Their congressmen.
(b) The Senate.
(c) The President.
(d) The governor's office.

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

5. What party did Cassandra and Rachel attend on the 4th of July?
(a) The city hall party.
(b) Rachel's party.
(c) Colin Cover's party.
(d) Alva's party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joan Diver become actively involved with, in Chapter 18?

2. Why did Rachel senior institute legal action through the Department of Public Welfare?

3. How many jobs were Alva and her husband working?

4. What stores rented the commercial space in the Methunion Manor building, according to Chapter 21?

5. Who was arrested for threatening to burn Alva's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Cassandra and other students do?

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

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

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

10. What did Rachel institute?

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