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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the atmosphere of the refugee camps?
(a) Jovial.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Relief.
(d) Sad.
2. What fraction of the crops planted are actually harvested?
(a) About a 1/2.
(b) None of them.
(c) Less than 1/4.
(d) All of them.
3. What happens as the rain continues to fall in the Delta area?
(a) Crevases widen.
(b) The Mississippi River gets longer.
(c) Multiple levees continue to fail.
(d) A waterfall develops at the bottom of the Mississippi.
4. What do the refugees of St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parish begin to seek?
(a) Food and water.
(b) Help in rebuilding.
(c) Money for the damages.
(d) Supplies to restart their businesses.
5. What could be a huge force in politics in the 1920's?
(a) Child labor laws.
(b) The female vote.
(c) Automobiles.
(d) The black vote.
6. What happens to the city of New Orleans after the floods of 1927?
(a) The city suffered financial losses and goes into a period of decay.
(b) The city caught fire.
(c) The city was flooded.
(d) The city got richer than ever.
7. Who does Hoover seek assistance from to redevelop the Delta region?
(a) LeRoy Percy and Butler.
(b) LeRoy and William Percy.
(c) Butler and Simpson.
(d) LeRoy Percy and Simpson.
8. With whom does LeRoy Percy Sr. prefer to have a relationship with rather than William?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) His nephew.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His daughter.
9. Who refuses to care for the lower parishes even though it was promised to them by New Orleans?
(a) Butler and Hoover.
(b) Hoover and The Red Cross.
(c) The Red Cross and Butler.
(d) Simpson and Hoover.
10. Butler continues to make promises to the southern parishes but what are his intentions?
(a) To not give them the money they were promised.
(b) To steal from them.
(c) To keep all his promises.
(d) To help them the best way he can.
11. Why isn't the relationship between Hoover and the Colored Advisory Committee effective?
(a) The committee doesn't trust him.
(b) Hoover breaks his promises.
(c) The whites begin to hate Hoover for his relationship with the committee.
(d) Hoover has no support from any other politicians.
12. What do the people suffer from long after the flood?
(a) Disease.
(b) Monetary issues.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Homelessness.
13. What is Hoover's main response to the Greenville situation?
(a) He dontated money himself.
(b) He went into damage control.
(c) He asked the President for help.
(d) He ignored it.
14. After the floods, the nation is talking about disaster. What does Hoover shift the national discussion to?
(a) Politics.
(b) War.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Organization.
15. What makes the racial tensions obvious in Greenville?
(a) The whites kept the food and sold the supplies.
(b) Only the whites have to go to work.
(c) The blacks are being treated like royalty.
(d) There are racial attacks.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where are thousands of people living after the floods?
2. How long do the food stages last?
3. Why do the newspapers run reports that Butler is giving fair repayments?
4. What does Moton's committee establish after their inspection of the flood area?
5. Why can't boats in the flooded area help get people out?
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