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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who refuses to care for the lower parishes even though it was promised to them by New Orleans?
(a) Hoover and The Red Cross.
(b) The Red Cross and Butler.
(c) Simpson and Hoover.
(d) Butler and Hoover.

2. How did Humphrey prove himself to be in combat?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Strategical.
(c) Skittish and scared.
(d) Ruthless and cold.

3. Why wasn't Humphrey's report accepted well in the United States?
(a) The Americans didn't believe him.
(b) The report didn't make any sense.
(c) The Civil War was happening.
(d) He didn't publish it in the United States.

4. What did Congress create in response to the flooding in Mississippi?
(a) The Hoover Dam.
(b) A plan to reroute the river.
(c) A plan to create walls along the river.
(d) The U.S. Levee Commission.

5. The total amount of claims between St. Bernard and Plaquemines is $35 million. How much do these parishes receive between the two of them at the end?
(a) $3 million.
(b) $20 million.
(c) $10 million.
(d) All $35 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Simpson and the others do to find a solution to the compensation problem?

2. How are claimants with political and social connections treated differently from the others awaiting compensation?

3. Who remains in Greenville after the news of the coming floodwaters is announced?

4. What helped Leroy Percy lose a lot of his political influence outside of the Delta area?

5. What happened within 10 days of the change in the crevasse at Mounds Landing?

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