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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) There are racial attacks.
(d) The blacks are being treated like royalty.

2. Hoover speaks to the black community to ease tempers. How does the black community respond?
(a) In a non-violent protest.
(b) With happiness.
(c) Not at all.
(d) With anger.

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

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

5. Who remains in Greenville after the news of the coming floodwaters is announced?
(a) Just the business leaders.
(b) Just the poor whites.
(c) Just the blacks.
(d) The blacks, the poor whites and the business leaders.

6. Who does Hoover seek assistance from to redevelop the Delta region?
(a) LeRoy Percy and Simpson.
(b) LeRoy and William Percy.
(c) Butler and Simpson.
(d) LeRoy Percy and Butler.

7. How does Butler ensure the city of New Orleans will not face legal actions?
(a) He threatens any lawyers that could be hired.
(b) He makes sure the city does nothing wrong.
(c) He threatens the people from suing them.
(d) He hires the best lawyers to represent the city.

8. Why does Hoover need a good reputation with the blacks?
(a) To stop racial discrimination.
(b) To put an end to the Klan.
(c) To make the Delta recover more quickly.
(d) To win the presidency.

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

10. What decision does Will Percy make pertaining to the refugees in Greenville?
(a) To stop giving them resources.
(b) To evacuate them.
(c) To keep them there.
(d) To create more camps.

11. In September, 1927 what condition is the Mississippi Drainage Basin in?
(a) In reconstruction.
(b) The same as before the flood.
(c) Ruin and rot.
(d) Flourishing in crops.

12. How does William Percy gain his reputation?
(a) Through his role in politics.
(b) From his public speaking skills.
(c) Through his poetry.
(d) As a painter.

13. How does Butler limit payments to the people in the southern parishes?
(a) He didn't raise a lot of money.
(b) He doesn't look at the sales receipts.
(c) He limits the amount each parish can have.
(d) He only gives a certain amount per household.

14. How is William Percy different than his father, LeRoy?
(a) He is more understanding.
(b) He is a racist.
(c) He is more of a leader.
(d) He prefers books and poetry to hunting and business.

15. What served as an admission that the levees only system was a failure?
(a) Building more jetties.
(b) Blowing up the levee south of New Orleans.
(c) Opening all the crevasses.
(d) Blowing up the levee west of New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the food stages last?

2. Why isn't the national goodwill effective in the Delta region?

3. Who receives large bonuses for the work they did during the floods?

4. Butler continues to make promises to the southern parishes but what are his intentions?

5. Why does Hoover get the assistance of Moton?

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