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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bob Murphy make clear when he became headmaster?
(a) Segregation was his goal.
(b) Blacks would not be forced out of school.
(c) Desegregation was a bad thing.
(d) White students would get a better education.

2. Which of Rachel's children was put on probation after being arrested?
(a) Robert.
(b) Rachel.
(c) George.
(d) Steve.

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

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

5. What did Lisa McGoff decide to do in the wake of the attack on Ted Landsmark?
(a) Quit school.
(b) Go to St. Patrick's.
(c) Join the Black Panthers.
(d) Not return to Charlestown High.

6. Why was Billy McGoff's class trip canceled at the beginning of the senior year?
(a) The busing was too expensive.
(b) Too few kids wanted to go.
(c) Terrorist threats.
(d) The teacher lost the money gambling.

7. What did Cassandra Twymon's teachers think about her?
(a) She was not very bright.
(b) She was a trouble maker.
(c) She was doing her best.
(d) She was not working up to her potential.

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

9. Who was Alice McGoff working for, at the start of Chapter 19?
(a) New England Telephone Company.
(b) The Boston Port Authority.
(c) The Navy.
(d) City Hall.

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

11. What was Alice McGoff urging her co workers not to do, in Chapter 19?
(a) Not vote for White.
(b) Not lose hope.
(c) Not give to United Way.
(d) Not go to work.

12. Who was the Boston Globe editor in 1974?
(a) Alice McGoff.
(b) Tim Winship.
(c) Colin Diver.
(d) Alex Roberts.

13. When did Bod Murphy become headmaster of Charlestown high?
(a) October 24, 1975.
(b) October 14, 1975.
(c) June 24, 1975.
(d) October 24, 1976.

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

15. What position was David Dretler appointed to, in Chapter 21?
(a) Receiver in bankruptcy.
(b) President of Methunion Manor.
(c) CEO of United Way.
(d) Chief of Police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in Boston in 1976?

2. Who did Lisa McGoff befriend at an adventure-challenge camp?

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

4. What was the front page of the Boston Globe about on October 9, 1974?

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

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