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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 51, how much less was the population of Gary than it was in 1960?
(a) About 2/3.
(b) Around 1/4.
(c) About 1/3.
(d) Less than 1/2.

2. In Chapter 40, what nights of the week were girls' basketball games?
(a) Wednesday and Friday.
(b) Monday and Friday.
(c) Tuesday and Thursday.
(d) Monday and Wednesday.

3. How long did Brooke and Bria spend with their dad in Indiana in Chapter 40?
(a) A week.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 days.

4. At the end of Chapter 37, how many years had Mary and others worked to get SHINE?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 20 months.
(d) 2 years.

5. During Walker's recall, how many counties voted in favor of recalling the governor?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 48.
(d) 72.

6. How long was a grandmother willing to keep her teenage grandchildren in Chapter 39?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 7 days.
(d) 3 months.

7. When were steel mills first built in Gary, Indiana?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1906.

8. How many lanes did the Dan Ryan Expressway have?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

9. In 2012, how much less was the United Way goal for the year?
(a) $1.5 million.
(b) $1 million.
(c) $750,000.
(d) $500,000.

10. At the end of Chapter 53, how many students in Janesville were homeless?
(a) 839.
(b) 717.
(c) 691.
(d) 968.

11. When did Wisconsin become the first state to pass a law guaranteeing collective bargaining for public employees?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1959.

12. How far did Matt Wopat and the other Janesville gypsies have to drive in Chapter 51?
(a) 295 miles.
(b) 280 miles.
(c) 275 miles.
(d) 265 miles.

13. At the end of Chapter 49, how many families would get groceries from Bags of Hope?
(a) 250.
(b) 275.
(c) 325.
(d) 350.

14. In Chapter 37, how much money was on the Janesville City Council's Agenda for SHINE?
(a) $5 million.
(b) $9 million.
(c) $11 million.
(d) $7 million.

15. What type of minister was Scott Walker's father?
(a) Episcopalian.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Baptist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long would the terms be for Barb for a social work degree?

2. In Chapter 50, how much savings would the customers Mary was trying to reach have?

3. When did the capitol police tell the portesters in the Capitol building they had to leave in Chapter 30?

4. How much money did Walker's supporters donate to try to stop the recall crusade?

5. How tall was Bria Wopat when she was a starter on the freshman girls' basketball team at Milton High?

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