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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Rachel have trouble finding, at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) A place in a bus.
(b) A taxi to take her home.
(c) Tickets for Cats.
(d) Her children.

2. Who did Bernie Kirk marry, according to Chapter 6?
(a) Sophia Morruw.
(b) Janette Spott.
(c) Catherine Gertt.
(d) Gertrude Wolfberg.

3. What event does Chapter 1 say affected Diver?
(a) The election of Nixon.
(b) The assassination of John F. Kennedy.
(c) The war in Vietnam.
(d) The assassination of Martin Luther King.

4. Whom did the Jenkins family migrate to Nova Scotia with?
(a) With their flock.
(b) Their owners.
(c) Alone.
(d) Their friends.

5. What case was Judge Arthur Garrity assigned to, at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) Hick vs Hennigan.
(b) Morgan vs Board of Education.
(c) Tally vs City Hall.
(d) Morgan vs Hennigan.

6. What category of people wanted to move to South End in the early 70s?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Retirees.
(c) Young professionals.
(d) African-Americans.

7. Who was informed of the assassination of Martin Luther King at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) The mayor of Boston.
(c) President Nixon.
(d) Ted Kennedy.

8. How many children did Alice McGoff have?
(a) 7 children.
(b) 2 children.
(c) 3 children.
(d) 9 children.

9. What was John McKechnie's profession?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Trader.
(c) Physician.
(d) Lawyer.

10. Why was Heywood Twymon jailed several times?
(a) For robbery.
(b) For non-support.
(c) For abuse.
(d) For theft.

11. What was Alice McGoff's ethnicity?
(a) Chinese-American.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Caucasian.
(d) African-American.

12. What did Colin and his wife want to do in the South End, according to Chapter 11?
(a) Buy a store.
(b) Buy a house.
(c) Create a school.
(d) Create social services.

13. When did Owen Kirk move to Roodstown, according to Chapter 6?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1806.
(d) 1853.

14. How old was Rachel when she first met Martin Luther King?
(a) 19.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

15. What degree(s) did Louise Day Hicks have?
(a) Education and Psychology.
(b) Education and law.
(c) Law.
(d) Business.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Colin Diver avoid the draft?

2. What did Louise Day Hicks claim about the Boston schools?

3. When did Charles McKechnie die?

4. What did Rachel Twymon not know about four of her sons when she opened her store one morning in Chapter 2?

5. Whom does Chapter 4 say was with Colin Diver when he listened to Mayor's White speech?

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