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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 does Moton continue to support Hoover?
(a) He likes Hoover.
(b) Hoover pays him well.
(c) He doesn't realize Hoover will break his promises.
(d) He believes Hoover can bring him wealth.

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

3. What makes the racial tensions obvious in Greenville?
(a) Only the whites have to go to work.
(b) The whites kept the food and sold the supplies.
(c) There are racial attacks.
(d) The blacks are being treated like royalty.

4. In 1937, the Mississippi waters rise again, but why is there no flood?
(a) The levees have been built much stronger.
(b) The National Guard stopped it.
(c) The waters didn't get high enough.
(d) The new plan for flood control works.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Hoover speaks to the black community to ease tempers. How does the black community respond?

5. On average, how many people are the refugee camps designed to hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author describe the refugee camps in such detail in conjunction with the increase in flooded areas?

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

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

4. Why would the flood plan have to be constantly revised today?

5. Why does the dynamiting the levee below New Orleans prove the levees only plan to be a failure?

6. How does the flood relief become more organized under the order of Hoover?

7. What condition are St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemines in?

8. How are LeRoy Percy's dreams being destroyed as the city of Greenville is flooded?

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

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

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