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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why isn't the national goodwill effective in the Delta region?
(a) There aren't enough funds and the funds are being used poorly.
(b) The people won't allow the national goodwill in the region.
(c) The national goodwill refuses to help.
(d) The government won't let them help.

2. How have cutoffs changed?
(a) They shortened the river and increased its flow.
(b) They lengthened the river.
(c) They changed the path of the river.
(d) They decreased the flow of the river.

3. Why does Hoover get the assistance of Moton?
(a) To "deflect" criticism of the black community.
(b) To get a better relationship with the black community.
(c) To show he wasn't racist.
(d) To include the black community in his plans.

4. What do Simpson and the others do to find a solution to the compensation problem?
(a) They have public and private talks with Butler.
(b) They fire Butler.
(c) They try to raise more money.
(d) They donate the money from the City of New Orleans.

5. What fraction of the crops planted are actually harvested?
(a) All of them.
(b) Less than 1/4.
(c) About a 1/2.
(d) None of them.

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

7. Who is in charge of the finances in New Orleans?
(a) Governor Simpson.
(b) LeRoy Percy.
(c) Butler.
(d) William Percy.

8. What is Will's position during the floods of 1927?
(a) He is mayor of New Orleans.
(b) He is Hoover's assistant.
(c) He is the President's secretary.
(d) He is chairman of the Red Cross.

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

10. What could be a huge force in politics in the 1920's?
(a) The black vote.
(b) Child labor laws.
(c) The female vote.
(d) Automobiles.

11. What is a widespread problem in St. Bernard and Plaquemines?
(a) Murder.
(b) Disease.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Robbery.

12. What did Moton realize about Hoover before Hoover's run for the presidency?
(a) That Hoover was not keeping his promises.
(b) That he will blackmail Hoover.
(c) That Hoover is a racist.
(d) That Hoover will keep all his promises.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Butler limit payments to the people in the southern parishes?

2. Who makes the Flood Relief Committee overturn Will Percy's decision to evacuate the refugees?

3. Why does Moton continue to support Hoover?

4. What happened to LeRoy Percy Jr.?

5. After the floods, the nation is talking about disaster. What does Hoover shift the national discussion to?

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