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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do black leaders respond to the treatment of the blacks in Greenville?
(a) They burn down Hoover's house.
(b) They protest.
(c) They accept it.
(d) They urge Hoover to fix it.

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

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

4. As floodwaters raged, what was happening to the crevasse at Mounds Landing?
(a) It broke completely open.
(b) It quickly widened.
(c) It got smaller.
(d) It got deeper.

5. With whom does LeRoy Percy Sr. prefer to have a relationship with rather than William?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His nephew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the weather like in the Prologue as the guests of the social party head home?

2. As the floods continued, what did 30,000 people decide to do?

3. What is Will's position during the floods of 1927?

4. Who are the patrons of the Boston Club?

5. Whose biography was told?

(see the answer key)

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