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

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

3. What does the New Orleans' financial elite spend a lot of time doing?
(a) Raising money for the surrounding areas.
(b) Strengthening their levees.
(c) Convincing the national business interests that New Orleans was never in flood danger.
(d) Helping the areas around them rebuild.

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 does rebuilding in the Delta area lead to?
(a) The Delta region returning to normal.
(b) The Delta region being a happier place.
(c) Racial discrimination and political corruption.
(d) More jobs is the area.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What makes the racial tensions obvious in Greenville?

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

5. Whose vote did Hoover lose in the election for president?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What makes Hoover the obvious candidate when Coolidge decides to not run for reelection?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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