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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 was a major fear of Huey's?

2. In what city was Huey Long assassinated?

3. In what year did Huey run for governor of Louisiana?

4. Huey became an advocate for change in the area of __________________.

5. Why was Huey a long shot at winning the governor's race?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impact did Huey's brother, Julius, have on Huey's life?

2. How did Huey's fight against the Cumberland Company's rate increases highlight his ability to fight for common people?

3. Describe Huey as a child.

4. What were some of Huey's innovative campaign techniques?

5. In what type of household did Huey grow up?

6. What types of clients did Huey represent in his Shreveport law office?

7. Why did Huey and Rose move to Shreveport and what kind of legal cases did Huey specialize in?

8. Describe Huey's campaign strategies during his run for governor in 1923.

9. How did Huey slide into the national political scene by attending the Democratic National Convention?

10. Why didn't Huey's family live in the governor's mansion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What would Huey do? Identify some situations that have occurred in Louisiana and the United States in general and project what Huey's response would have been. For example, how would Huey have managed the situation in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit? How would Huey have managed the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that has devastated thousands of Louisiana and Gulf Coast businesses and lifestyles.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the book's title. What does the author intend to express by calling it simply HUEY LONG? Suggest three alternative titles for this book with supporting rationale for each one.

Essay Topic 3

According to the author, even before Huey was a player on the national and international stages, he was known to be a man of questionable integrity and deceit. Cite some examples in Huey's life that support this statement. What is Williams' overall perception of Huey's character?

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