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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Colin Diver not sure he wanted to do after finishing his studies, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Be a Doctor.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Be part of the establishment.
(d) Work for himself.

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

3. When did Charles McKechnie die?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1907.

4. Where did the Jenkins son move for employment?
(a) San Fransisco.
(b) Boston.
(c) Roxbury.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Colin notice while driving the South End ?

2. What position was Louise Day Hicks elected to in the spring of 1961?

3. Who or what did Bernie Kirk, Alice's father, not support despite of roots in his district?

4. What does Chapter 9 say about the views of Louise Day Hicks?

5. For whom did Colin work, at the start of Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Dr. John McKechnie, according to Chapter 7?

2. Who lived at the Bunker Hill housing project, according to Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 14, what judge was assigned to the civil rights case, Morgan v Hennigan?

4. What happened to Rachel Twymon, in Chapter 2?

5. Why was Colin impressed with South End in Chapter 11?

6. Where does Alice McGoff's family come from, according to Chapter 6?

7. What did Bernie Kirk feel about the Kennedy family?

8. What happened to Rachel?

9. What did Colin do after he left his position at the mayor's office?

10. Which of Alice McGoff's family members immigrated to Boston, returned to Ireland, and then went back to Boston?

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