View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Rachel's children was put on probation after being arrested?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Steve.
(c) Robert.
(d) George.

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

3. What was Alice McGoff urging her co workers not to do, in Chapter 19?
(a) Not give to United Way.
(b) Not lose hope.
(c) Not go to work.
(d) Not vote for White.

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

5. Who received the Democratic nomination in 1972, according to Chapter 28?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Kevin White.
(c) Ted Kennedy.
(d) McGovern.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Boston Globe editor in 1974?

2. What happened when African-American kids qualified for sport teams?

3. Who did Medeiros help while in Texas?

4. When did Alice go to a prayer march to oppose busing?

5. What happened to Alva and her family when they settled in the Dorchester section of Boston?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did parents of Bancroft students do together?

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

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

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

8. What happened on July 4?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 635 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample