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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chapter 9 say about the views of Louise Day Hicks?

2. Where were the two people when Chapter 2 opens?

3. For whom did Colin work, at the start of Chapter 13?

4. Why did Louise Day Hicks want to get into public office?

5. Who or what did Bernie Kirk, Alice's father, not support despite of roots in his district?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what judge was assigned to the civil rights case, Morgan v Hennigan?

2. Where were conditions worse for Rachel Twymon's children?

3. What happened to Rachel?

4. What did Bernie Kirk feel about the Kennedy family?

5. What did Rachel help found after moving to Methunion Manor?

6. Who was Colin Diver, according to Chapter 1 of Common Ground?

7. Who did Ralph Hoaglund, founder of CVS, and others work for?

8. What formed in Charlestown during Alice McGoff's childhood, in Chapter 10?

9. Who lived at the Bunker Hill housing project, according to Chapter 3?

10. What does Chapter 1 say Colin Diver was affected by?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Louise Day Hicks was well known for her dealings with school segregation and even claimed that Boston schools were not segregated. Discuss who Louise Day Hicks was and her involvement in the Boston School Committee. Examine popular opinion of Louise Day Hicks during the 1960s and conclude whether people's opinions of her were true. Use the text and secondary sources to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

South End underwent urban revitalization and was considered desirable for young professionals, but later became more dangerous with higher crime. Students should examine the changes that the South End area underwent and how these changes were viewed.

Essay Topic 3

Students should examine how the riots after the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination were handled and discuss why the mayor's office decided to put it in the hands of African American leaders, examining the benefits and drawbacks of the decision. Use the text and secondary sources to support your discussion.

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