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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 was flooded.
(c) The city got richer than ever.
(d) The city caught fire.

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

3. Why can't boats in the flooded area help get people out?
(a) All the boats got washed away.
(b) There was no way to get fuel to the boats.
(c) The boats were not working sufficiently.
(d) The boats weren't large enough.

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

5. What is the atmosphere of the refugee camps?
(a) Sad.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Relief.
(d) Jovial.

6. In 1928, what are the blacks in the Delta region doing?
(a) Being slaves.
(b) Living peacefully with the whites.
(c) Starting their own farms.
(d) Leaving the area.

7. 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.

8. Why do the citizens of the Delta area begin to resent Butler?
(a) He was robbing everyone.
(b) He was a con artist.
(c) He was successful and the person limiting reimbursements.
(d) He was a nasty man.

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

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

11. A year after the flooding at Mounds Landing, how many people were the Red Cross still feeding?
(a) 12,000.
(b) None.
(c) 500.
(d) 100,000.

12. What is significant about the piece of legislature allowing the structural change in the river?
(a) It is the longest one congress enacts.
(b) It is the cheapest one congress enacts.
(c) It will be the most expensive one Congress enacts.
(d) It is the shortest one congress enacts.

13. What makes Hoover a hero in 1927?
(a) His skills as an engineer.
(b) His role during the flood.
(c) His generosity to the refugees.
(d) His honesty to the people of the Delta region.

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

15. How does the levee camp become a slave camp?
(a) All the people there are treated miserably.
(b) They don't let any of the people leave the camp.
(c) The blacks are required to go to work and fix the levees.
(d) The camps are disgustingly dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. If the black work force does not return to the area, what does LeRoy Percy believe will happen?

2. Who does Hoover seek assistance from to redevelop the Delta region?

3. What decision does Will Percy make pertaining to the refugees in Greenville?

4. How does Hoover manage to import boats to the area?

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

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