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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 happens to the city of New Orleans after the floods of 1927?
(a) The city was flooded.
(b) The city suffered financial losses and goes into a period of decay.
(c) The city caught fire.
(d) The city got richer than ever.

2. In an effort to save Greenville, William Percy is determine to fix the levee. After several council meetings with this as the main topic, what is decided?
(a) A company will be hired to build a completely new levee.
(b) The blacks will be forced to fix the levee with no pay.
(c) Everyone in the refugee camp will be paid to fix the levee.
(d) They will not fix the levee at all.

3. During Christmastime in 1929, why are the Greenville whites in public mourning?
(a) Their city is still in shambles.
(b) The KKK has returned.
(c) Governor Simpson was defeated.
(d) LeRoy Percy has died.

4. Why do the newspapers run reports that Butler is giving fair repayments?
(a) Butler is paying them off.
(b) They believe he is actually making these repayments.
(c) They are afraid of Butler.
(d) Butler threatened to sue.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1937, the Mississippi waters rise again, but why is there no flood?

3. Who is very aware of Butler's actions regarding the allocation of funds to the southern parishes?

4. In the fall, what comes after the flood?

5. What does Hoover promise the blacks?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are LeRoy Percy's dreams being destroyed as the city of Greenville is flooded?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why would the flood plan have to be constantly revised today?

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

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