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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hoover select as the chairman of the Colored Advisory Committee?
(a) William Percy.
(b) Governor Simpson.
(c) Robert Moton.
(d) LeRoy Percy.

2. Prior to Thompson's plan being implemented, what happened to the refugees south of the levee?
(a) They protested.
(b) They built a new levee.
(c) They evacuated.
(d) They refused to leave.

3. What did the high river levels threaten in 1912?
(a) To bring sewage into Mississippi.
(b) To break the dam.
(c) To top the levee before the sandbags come.
(d) To wash away all the crops.

4. What happened within 10 days of the change in the crevasse at Mounds Landing?
(a) One million acres of land was under 10 feet of water.
(b) A dam was built.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A drought.

5. Whose biography was told?
(a) Coolidge.
(b) Hoover.
(c) Will Percy.
(d) LeRoy Percy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in charge of the finances in New Orleans?

2. How does the levee camp become a slave camp?

3. What happened the day after Thompson's plan is implemented?

4. How did Leroy Percy eventually get a seat in Senate despite his popularity decline?

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?

(see the answer key)

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