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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. What decision does Will Percy make pertaining to the refugees in Greenville?
(a) To keep them there.
(b) To stop giving them resources.
(c) To evacuate them.
(d) To create more camps.

2. 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.

3. What happens in June of 1927?
(a) A hurricane hits the area.
(b) Coolidge is impeached.
(c) A giant fire destroys New Orleans.
(d) A second flood crest moves down the river.

4. What has Coolidge done for the flooded areas in 1927?
(a) He's visited them.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He has designed a fundraisier to raise money for them.
(d) He has donated money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the racial tensions obvious in Greenville?

2. What could be a huge force in politics in the 1920's?

3. What does rebuilding in the Delta area lead to?

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

5. What do the refugees of St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parish begin to seek?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the basis of the new corporation Hoover starts in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi?

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. How does Will Percy declaring a martial law in Greenville go against everything his father believes in?

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

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

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

9. How does the flood make Hoover a hero?

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

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