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

2. Who does Hoover send "refugee directives" through?
(a) William Percy.
(b) Butler.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) Governor Simpson.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the city of New Orleans after the floods of 1927?

2. Why does Hoover get the assistance of Moton?

3. Who does Hoover select as the chairman of the Colored Advisory Committee?

4. What is significant about the piece of legislature allowing the structural change in the river?

5. What makes the racial tensions obvious in Greenville?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the public mourning of Greenville show about their feelings for LeRoy Percy?

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

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. In September, what has much of the flood waters done to the area?

6. Why does Butler threaten the local lawyers from taking any cases from the people of the lower parishes?

7. How will the improvements to Project Flood reduce flooding?

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

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

10. Describe the relationship between Hoover and Moton.

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