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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What extra curricular activity did Colin Diver do that Chapter 1 says opened the door to the best jobs?
(a) Editor of the Boston College Journal of Medicine.
(b) Captain of the football team.
(c) Editor of the Harvard Law Review.
(d) Director of the Stanford Ballet Association.

2. Who or what did Bernie Kirk, Alice's father, not support despite of roots in his district?
(a) The Republican party.
(b) Joseph P. Kennedy.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) Kevin White.

3. What does Chapter 5 say about Quinnie having many of?
(a) Money.
(b) Women.
(c) Addictions.
(d) Children.

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

5. Whom did Colin Diver speak to concerning his interest in working for the city of Boston?
(a) Alice McGoff.
(b) Ted Kennedy.
(c) Barney Frank.
(d) Kevin White.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Alice McGoff work according to Chapter 3?

2. When did Charles McKechnie die?

3. What organization worked to raise money and improve the condition in the African-American community in Boston?

4. Who employed the Bennefields after they were freed following the Civil War?

5. Where did John McKechnie move to after staying in Boston for a while?

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