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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. How does Hoover begin to make improvements of the Delta area during the 1927 floods?

2. How do the parishes that have been destroyed feel about the newspaper articles that are being printed?

3. What is significant about the piece of legislature allowing the structural change in the river?

4. What does Hoover organize in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi during the 1927 floods?

5. How does Butler ensure the city of New Orleans will not face legal actions?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the flood make Hoover a hero?

6. How does Will Percy declaring a martial law in Greenville go against everything his father believes in?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many decisions in this period of time were based upon politics and what would be best for the individual. Name at least 3 events in which a decision was made based on the desires of a politician. How did this decision affect the events of this time in history?

Essay Topic 2

In St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes, the main source of income came from bootlegging liquor which was illegal at that time. Compare and contrast St. Bernard and Plaquemines to New Orleans. How did the communities view each other? Why did they feel this way? What could change their views on each other?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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