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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the areas to the west of Louisiana to flood?
(a) A crevasse widened.
(b) The failure of the levee at Cabin Teele.
(c) Constant rain.
(d) A hurricane.

2. What has Coolidge done for the flooded areas in 1927?
(a) He's visited them.
(b) He has designed a fundraisier to raise money for them.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He has donated money.

3. On average, how many people are the refugee camps designed to hold?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 5,000.

4. For what does Moton have to "deflect" criticism for?
(a) The rebuilding of the black communities.
(b) The distribution of food and water.
(c) The distribution of money.
(d) Ensuring blacks receive paying jobs.

5. What is the Mississippi River managed under today?
(a) Project Flood.
(b) A different comittee in each state it runs through.
(c) The Mississippi Flood Committee.
(d) Free From Flood.

6. Why does the flood plan have to be constantly changed?
(a) No one really knows what they are doing.
(b) The river is always changing.
(c) They change with new government.
(d) Problems still exist.

7. What do the refugees of St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parish begin to seek?
(a) Supplies to restart their businesses.
(b) Money for the damages.
(c) Food and water.
(d) Help in rebuilding.

8. What does Hoover do in response to Moton's report?
(a) He starts to make changes that day.
(b) He ignores the report.
(c) He promises future assistance to the blacks.
(d) He makes Moton in charge of a committee to improve the quality of life.

9. In the fall, what comes after the flood?
(a) Crops.
(b) A heat wave.
(c) A drought, insects and worms, and an early freeze.
(d) Hurricanes.

10. How does a large floodway assist the flow of the Mississippi River?
(a) It creates a large reservior.
(b) It makes the river deeper.
(c) It slows the river down.
(d) It makes the river more shallow.

11. How do the parishes that have been destroyed feel about the newspaper articles that are being printed?
(a) They are saddened.
(b) They are very surprised.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They are happy about it.

12. During Christmastime in 1929, why are the Greenville whites in public mourning?
(a) Their city is still in shambles.
(b) LeRoy Percy has died.
(c) Governor Simpson was defeated.
(d) The KKK has returned.

13. After the floods, the nation is talking about disaster. What does Hoover shift the national discussion to?
(a) Politics.
(b) Organization.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) War.

14. How does the black population respond to the decision made by the council?
(a) They protested.
(b) They offered to organize work parties.
(c) They boycotted.
(d) They started a riot.

15. How long do the food stages last?
(a) 2-4 months.
(b) 4-6 months.
(c) 6-8 months.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does William Percy gain his reputation?

2. Who remains in Greenville after the news of the coming floodwaters is announced?

3. In September, 1927 what condition is the Mississippi Drainage Basin in?

4. Why do the citizens of the Delta area begin to resent Butler?

5. With whom does LeRoy Percy Sr. prefer to have a relationship with rather than William?

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