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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For decades, what were the levees constructed to do?
(a) Increase the number of reservoirs.
(b) Increase farmland.
(c) Decrease farmland.
(d) Increase the number of outlets.

2. Who are the patrons of the Boston Club?
(a) The farmers.
(b) Nearly all the bank presidents in New Orleans.
(c) The blacks.
(d) The blue collar workers.

3. Who played a prominent role in getting Thompson's proposal approved?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Coolridge.
(c) Butler.
(d) Will Percy.

4. How does the levee camp become a slave camp?
(a) The camps are disgustingly dirty.
(b) The blacks are required to go to work and fix the levees.
(c) They don't let any of the people leave the camp.
(d) All the people there are treated miserably.

5. What did Hoover do during WWI?
(a) He fought overseas.
(b) He worked in a hospital.
(c) He organized a large relief program.
(d) He trained soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the United States does the Mississippi River drain?

2. How does William Percy gain his reputation?

3. How is the Mississippi River described?

4. As floodwaters raged, what was happening to the crevasse at Mounds Landing?

5. What decision does Will Percy make pertaining to the refugees in Greenville?

(see the answer key)

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