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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 does Moton's committee establish after their inspection of the flood area?
(a) That the area was flourishing.
(b) That the area wasn't fit to live in.
(c) That blacks were being held captive in the camps.
(d) That blacks were being treated fairly in the area.

2. How is William Percy different than his father, LeRoy?
(a) He is more understanding.
(b) He is a racist.
(c) He prefers books and poetry to hunting and business.
(d) He is more of a leader.

3. What do the people suffer from long after the flood?
(a) Homelessness.
(b) Monetary issues.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Disease.

4. How does Hoover manage to import boats to the area?
(a) He used the help of the Red Cross.
(b) He bought new ones to send in the area.
(c) He paid people large amounts of money to borrow their boats.
(d) He ordered the Coast Guard to go into the area.

5. What does Hoover promise the blacks?
(a) Resettlement funds.
(b) Equal paying jobs.
(c) The right to vote.
(d) Equal treatment to whites.

Short Answer Questions

1. The total amount of claims between St. Bernard and Plaquemines is $35 million. How much do these parishes receive between the two of them at the end?

2. With whom does LeRoy Percy Sr. prefer to have a relationship with rather than William?

3. What makes Hoover a hero in 1927?

4. Where does a large structure separate the river?

5. How does Congress respond to the legislature that is proposed about the Mississippi River?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the flood make Hoover a hero?

2. Describe the relationship between Hoover and Moton.

3. How are the refugees that were guaranteed care treated by Hoover and the Red Cross?

4. How does making the river management a national problem change the way things will be handled in the future?

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

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

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

8. Why do LeRoy Percy and his son, William Percy, not see things the same way?

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

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

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