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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What makes Hoover a hero in 1927?
2. How does Hoover manage to import boats to the area?
3. How does Congress respond to the legislature that is proposed about the Mississippi River?
4. What decision does Will Percy make pertaining to the refugees in Greenville?
5. What does Hoover organize in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi during the 1927 floods?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Butler threaten the local lawyers from taking any cases from the people of the lower parishes?
2. What does the public mourning of Greenville show about their feelings for LeRoy Percy?
3. What is the basis of the new corporation Hoover starts in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi?
4. Although William Percy hates war, he fights in WWI and emerges a hero. What does this tell the reader about William's character?
5. How does Will Percy respond to the waters rising again and levees in ruins?
6. Describe the relationship between Hoover and Moton.
7. How does making the river management a national problem change the way things will be handled in the future?
8. What effects the lengths of the food stages?
9. How are the refugees that were guaranteed care treated by Hoover and the Red Cross?
10. What condition are St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemines in?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The tone of the story was set very early on in this historical recount. How would the tone of this nonfiction piece best be described? What created the tone as such? Is there any portion of the the Flood in 1927 in which the tone changes?
Essay Topic 2
President Coolidge was president during the time of the floods. What contributions did Coolidge make in flood relief or during that time? Why did he behave this way? Do you believe that the flooding in 1927 was one of the reasons he did not run again for president? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 3
The refugee camps were once referred to as "concentration camps." What examples in the book provide reasoning for this description? Were all people treated poorly in these camps? Explain your answer.
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