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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the weather like in the Prologue as the guests of the social party head home?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Foggy.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Stormy.

2. Who were the residents in Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes?
(a) Bankers, politicians and socialites.
(b) Fishermen, bankers, and politicians.
(c) Mainly the blacks.
(d) Fishermen, trappers and bootleggers.

3. Which two things did river height depend on?
(a) Volume and temperature of the water.
(b) Volume and speed of the water.
(c) The volume and direction of the water.
(d) Speed and depth of the water.

4. How does Hoover begin to make improvements of the Delta area during the 1927 floods?
(a) He forms a local Red Cross.
(b) He runs a national food drive.
(c) He hires locals to rebuild.
(d) He gives the citizens seeds and lessons on how to grow crops.

5. In 1926, the Klan began break apart. Why did this happen?
(a) They were being prejudiced against all over the country.
(b) There wasn't enough money to keep them together.
(c) No one wanted to join them.
(d) The leaders were being "nationally convicted" for major crimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refuses to care for the lower parishes even though it was promised to them by New Orleans?

2. Who played a prominent role in getting Thompson's proposal approved?

3. What fraction of the crops planted are actually harvested?

4. Why does Moton continue to support Hoover?

5. Who is the obvious candidate for presidency when Coolidge declines a bid for reelection?

(see the answer key)

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