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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. How are claimants with political and social connections treated differently from the others awaiting compensation?
(a) They are paid off in special deals.
(b) They didn't need the money.
(c) They didn't have to wait for their money.
(d) They are given double the amounts.

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

3. Who remains in Greenville after the news of the coming floodwaters is announced?
(a) Just the poor whites.
(b) The blacks, the poor whites and the business leaders.
(c) Just the business leaders.
(d) Just the blacks.

4. What could be a huge force in politics in the 1920's?
(a) Automobiles.
(b) The female vote.
(c) The black vote.
(d) Child labor laws.

5. Why does Hoover get the assistance of Moton?
(a) To include the black community in his plans.
(b) To "deflect" criticism of the black community.
(c) To show he wasn't racist.
(d) To get a better relationship with the black community.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the atmosphere of the refugee camps?

2. Who does Hoover seek assistance from to redevelop the Delta region?

3. Butler continues to make promises to the southern parishes but what are his intentions?

4. Where does a large structure separate the river?

5. What served as an admission that the levees only system was a failure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the possible reasons for the crops not growing?

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

3. Explain how the refugees of the lower parishes are "swindled" out of the money that is promised to them?

4. What effects the lengths of the food stages?

5. How does the flood make Hoover a hero?

6. Why do the the national black leaders contact Hoover to complain about the treatment of blacks in the Delta region?

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

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

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

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

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