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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What project was Billy McGoff active in, according to Chapter 17?
(a) Project 6.
(b) Project 76.
(c) Project 96.
(d) Project 86.

2. Who was Alva's husband?
(a) Otis Bednam.
(b) Roger Hicks.
(c) Mike Bedman.
(d) Steve Olver.

3. Who did Medeiros help while in Texas?
(a) Mexicans.
(b) Texan farmers.
(c) Illegal immigrants.
(d) The underprivileged.

4. What position was Boston's Mayor, Kevin White, offered in Chapter 28?
(a) The economy secretary.
(b) An ambassadorial position.
(c) The defense secretary.
(d) The vice-presidential spot.

5. What happened to the Methunion Manor project?
(a) It sold to a media company.
(b) It closed.
(c) It went bankrupt.
(d) It accepted only white applicants.

6. What did Alice McGoff survive in Chapter 15?
(a) A fire.
(b) A brief skirmish with the police.
(c) A mugging.
(d) A car accident.

7. What did Alva tell the case worker, in Chapter 27?
(a) She did not want Cassandra and Rachel with her any longer.
(b) She wanted Cassandra out of the house.
(c) She was available to house other kids.
(d) She wanted to adopt Rachel.

8. Who called for police when a group threatened to burn Alva's house?
(a) A concerned neighbor.
(b) An undercover officer.
(c) Alva's husband.
(d) A retired officer.

9. What was the community successful in doing in 1975, according to Chapter 15?
(a) Re-segregating the school.
(b) Having Colin Diver fired.
(c) Keeping Charlestown High School from being a magnet.
(d) Ousting Mayor White.

10. Whom does Chapter 23 says attended Powder Keg meetings regularly?
(a) Alice McGoff.
(b) Rachel Twymon.
(c) Joan Diver.
(d) Kevin White.

11. Who pressured the Methunion Manor to accept applicants and rent its commercial space?
(a) Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(b) Mayor White.
(c) The black community.
(d) The Boston Chamber of Commerce.

12. Where was Billy McGoff's class trip supposed to bring them?
(a) Boston, England.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Dublin, Ireland.
(d) York, England.

13. What party did Cassandra and Rachel attend on the 4th of July?
(a) Rachel's party.
(b) Colin Cover's party.
(c) Alva's party.
(d) The city hall party.

14. Who was Alice protesting in front of, according to Chapter 19?
(a) Mayor White's house.
(b) United Way's headquarters.
(c) New England Telephone Company's president.
(d) The city hall.

15. What happened to Alva and her family when they settled in the Dorchester section of Boston?
(a) They had their first child.
(b) They crashed their car.
(c) Rocks were thrown at their windows.
(d) A welcome party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Boston Cardinal grow up, according to Chapter 20?

2. When did Alice go to a prayer march to oppose busing?

3. What idea does Chapter 15 say Alice McGoff did not like?

4. Where was the invisible line discussed, in Chapter 25?

5. What did Cassandra Twymon's teachers think about her?

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