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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Louise Day Hicks want to get into public office?
(a) To carry on her father's work.
(b) To prevent school integration.
(c) To eventually get to Congress.
(d) To institute school segregation.

2. Who was Joseph McKechnie?
(a) John's father.
(b) John's third oldest son.
(c) John's brother.
(d) John's third yougest son.

3. What position was Louise Day Hicks elected to in the spring of 1961?
(a) Sixth District Judge.
(b) The Boston School Committee.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Coroner.

4. What became Boston's primary concern at the end of 1975?
(a) The economy.
(b) Quality of the education.
(c) Busing.
(d) The desegregation.

5. What was involved in the desegregation of the Boston school system?
(a) Mandatory busing.
(b) Disbanding the school board and schedule elections.
(c) Creating a new school district.
(d) Redesigning existing school districts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What case was Judge Arthur Garrity assigned to, at the start of Chapter 14?

2. When did Charles McKechnie die?

3. What position did Colin formulate after taking on more responsibilities at the Boston City Hall?

4. Why did Alice McGoff lose her income?

5. What did Colin learn about the Boston mayor's ambitions?

(see the answer key)

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