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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. Why can't boats in the flooded area help get people out?
(a) The boats were not working sufficiently.
(b) The boats weren't large enough.
(c) There was no way to get fuel to the boats.
(d) All the boats got washed away.

2. What served as an admission that the levees only system was a failure?
(a) Blowing up the levee west of New Orleans.
(b) Building more jetties.
(c) Blowing up the levee south of New Orleans.
(d) Opening all the crevasses.

3. 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?
(a) All $35 million.
(b) $3 million.
(c) $20 million.
(d) $10 million.

4. What causes the areas to the west of Louisiana to flood?
(a) Constant rain.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) The failure of the levee at Cabin Teele.
(d) A crevasse widened.

5. How do the parishes that have been destroyed feel about the newspaper articles that are being printed?
(a) They are very surprised.
(b) They are angry.
(c) They are happy about it.
(d) They are saddened.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the racial tensions obvious in Greenville?

2. Why does Moton continue to support Hoover?

3. What happens as the rain continues to fall in the Delta area?

4. Who primarily establishes the legislature to alter the river?

5. How are claimants with political and social connections treated differently from the others awaiting compensation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does the dynamiting the levee below New Orleans prove the levees only plan to be a failure?

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

7. How does the flood make Hoover a hero?

8. What condition are St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemines in?

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

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

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