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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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 national goodwill refuses to help.
(c) The people won't allow the national goodwill in the region.
(d) The government won't let them help.

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

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

4. How does Hoover begin to regain order in the Delta area?
(a) He gives people money.
(b) He uses his authority to start programs.
(c) He sends in the National Guard.
(d) He gives people places to live.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the food stages last?

2. What do Simpson and the others do to find a solution to the compensation problem?

3. What does Hoover organize in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi during the 1927 floods?

4. Who is very aware of Butler's actions regarding the allocation of funds to the southern parishes?

5. A year after the flooding at Mounds Landing, how many people were the Red Cross still feeding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effects the lengths of the food stages?

2. How does the levee get fixed without armed guards forcing the blacks to do it?

3. How does Will Percy respond to the waters rising again and levees in ruins?

4. Although William Percy hates war, he fights in WWI and emerges a hero. What does this tell the reader about William's character?

5. Why does Hoover's views and the Colored Advisory Committee's views different?

6. Why is the relationship Hoover has with Moton crucial?

7. How does Hoover respond to the demands of the national black leaders?

8. Why do LeRoy Percy and his son, William Percy, not see things the same way?

9. Simpson and others try to find a solution to the reimbursement problems by holding conferences with Butler. Are the conferences effective?

10. Even as order is beginning in the flood regions, what are living conditions like?

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