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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flag did the mob fly outside of Bill Myers’ house, while the cops stood by doing nothing?
(a) The Confederate flag.
(b) The American flag.
(c) The South African flag.
(d) The Soviet flag.

2. What was the Federal Poverty Limit for a family of three, in 2017 when Rothstein published The Color of Law?
(a) $42,000.
(b) $28,000.
(c) $21,000.
(d) $17,000.

3. What did the development try to do to get Gary out of the development?
(a) Make him pay for his police protection.
(b) Turn off his electricity.
(c) Charge him extra for his water and sewer services.
(d) Buy his house for more than he paid for it.

4. What right did the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 give to unions?
(a) The right to deny membership to African Americans.
(b) The right to get federal work training.
(c) The right to boycott.
(d) The right to strike.

5. Why did it not matter to black families that the courts generally saw through the racial motivations of developers who demolished black or integrated neighborhoods?
(a) By the time they won, the neighborhoods had been demolished.
(b) The victories did not come with any enforcement mechanism.
(c) The court decisions were just ignored by government officials.
(d) The courts offered no recompense and demanded no changes.

6. How were black families kept in the employment they were forced to take after reconstruction?
(a) They were deceived.
(b) They were bound in chains of debt.
(c) They were misled.
(d) They were threatened with murder.

7. What does Rothstein say was an obstacle to quick change in the housing market after the passage of the Fair Housing Act?
(a) Police obstruction.
(b) Court challenges.
(c) Economic stagnation.
(d) Slow turnover.

8. How does Rothstein say American histories typically tell the story of housing discrimination?
(a) They omit most of the details.
(b) They use euphemisms to paint a rosier picture.
(c) They whitewash the systemic racism.
(d) They cherry-pick stories of success and integration.

9. What was Houston’s “Race Restriction Areas” map used for?
(a) De-integrating Houston’s neighborhoods.
(b) Limiting where blacks could find affordable housing.
(c) Limiting where whites could build.
(d) Integrating Houston’s new developments.

10. Who protected Wilbur Gary’s house and family from the white mob?
(a) NAACP.
(b) Federal troops.
(c) State police
(d) Local police.

11. What does Rothstein say organizations used tax-exempt status for?
(a) Getting favorable mortgages for their properties.
(b) Skirting laws about discrimination.
(c) Creating wealth in their properties.
(d) Legally discriminating against African Americans.

12. What does Rothstein say the American government will have to address along with housing discrimination?
(a) Business opportunities.
(b) Educational opportunities.
(c) Wage stagnation.
(d) Health care access.

13. What order does Rothstein say the police had been given in relation to the riot at Bill Myers’ house?
(a) To protect the family’s property.
(b) To keep the protest peaceful.
(c) To ban the use of alcohol.
(d) Not to interfere.

14. How does Rothstein say the IRS abetted segregation?
(a) By preserving tax-exempt status of organizations that fostered segregation.
(b) By penalizing black families for living in majority-white neighborhoods.
(c) By eliminating tax-exempt status for organizations that fought segregation.
(d) By auditing organizations that sought to build integrated housing.

15. Where does Rothstein say inclusionary zoning ordinances are forcing builders to set aside units for low-income families?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Oregon.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What should the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Comptroller of the Currency should have done but did not do?

3. What makes Rothstein say that real estate agents engaged in blockbusting were engaging in de jure segregation?

4. What does Rothstein say was a quick and easy segregation problem to solve?

5. Who does Rothstein say spread the word that Bill Myers, an African-American veteran, had moved into the Levittown in Pennsylvania?

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