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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Considering Fixes, and Epilogue, pages 195-218.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What euphemism does Rothstein say appraisers used to describe integrated neighborhoods?
(a) Heterogeneous neighborhoods.
(b) Inharmonious neighborhoods.
(c) Incompatible ownership occupancy.
(d) Adverse influences.

2. Where did developers try to get around Buchanan by restricting housing based on intermarriage?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Richmond, VA.
(d) Chicago.

3. What does Rothstein call the practice of fanning racist fears to drive whites out of their homes to buy the homes cheap and sell them to black families at high prices?
(a) Blockbusting.
(b) Race panicking.
(c) Slum clearing.
(d) Relocation.

4. How long did Bill Myers and his family stay in Levittown after the move-in riot?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 4 days.

5. Where did the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) find financing for an integrated development?
(a) California government.
(b) Metropolitan Life.
(c) Federal government.
(d) Private backers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rothstein say has suffered with African Americans for the injustice of segregation and discrimination?

2. What does Rothstein say was used after the 1954 Brown decision to fix the problems created by segregated housing?

3. When did the Tennessee Valley Authority create jobs and housing for whites only?

4. How does Rothstein characterize the relationship between the wealth of parents and the wealth of their children?

5. What does Rothstein say organizations used tax-exempt status for?

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