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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 happened when African-American kids qualified for sport teams?
(a) Some of the Caucasian players quit.
(b) The coaches quit.
(c) The school board resigned.
(d) All the Caucasian players quit.

2. What happened to Alva and her family when they settled in the Dorchester section of Boston?
(a) A welcome party.
(b) Rocks were thrown at their windows.
(c) They crashed their car.
(d) They had their first child.

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

4. What were Alva and her husband trying to buy, in Chapter 25?
(a) A house.
(b) A computer.
(c) A car.
(d) A store.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What project was Billy McGoff active in, according to Chapter 17?

2. Who was Alva's husband?

3. Who was Alice protesting in front of, according to Chapter 19?

4. Who did the Powder Keg group meet in Washington?

5. What happened to the applicants requesting commercial space at the Methunion Manor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Danny try to get his mother out of?

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

5. What did Cassandra and other students do?

6. What did Rachel institute?

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

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

9. What happened on July 4?

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

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