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

2. What comment did the Cardinal make that caused an uproar?
(a) He was not safe in South Boston.
(b) White people were superior to African Americans.
(c) Schools should be segregated.
(d) Women had no souls.

3. Why did the demonstration Alice attended in Washington have low attendance?
(a) Because it was cold.
(b) Because it was a week day.
(c) Because of the rain.
(d) Because it was pro segregation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Danny join against his mother's will?

2. What did Alice McGoff wake up to on September 8, 1975, according to Chapter 15?

3. Where were Colin and Joan coming back from, at the start of Chapter 22?

4. What did Cassandra and Rachel Twymon do in Chapter 27?

5. What position was David Dretler appointed to, in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was published on the front page of the newspaper on October 9, 1975?

2. What did Rachel see at the meeting she attended, in Chapter 16?

3. What did Cassandra and other students do?

4. What was Joan Diver's son assigned to, in Chapter 18?

5. What strained the relationship between Mayor Kevin White and the Kennedy family?

6. What did Alice McGoff oppose, in Chapter 23?

7. Where was Alice McGoff working, at the start of Chapter 19?

8. What did Danny try to get his mother out of?

9. What was going on with Cassandra Twymon at school, in Chapter 27?

10. What happened to Rachel's sons, Richard and George, as well as her daughter Rachel?

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