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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two cities were underwater in early 1927?
(a) Chicago and Columbus.
(b) Cincinnati and Cleveland.
(c) Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
(d) Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.

2. In early 1927, what did many of the communities begin to do?
(a) Patrol their levees with armed guards.
(b) Develop evacuation plans.
(c) Rebuild their levees to be stronger.
(d) Repair their levees.

3. Whose biography was told?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Will Percy.
(c) LeRoy Percy.
(d) Coolidge.

4. Who is very aware of Butler's actions regarding the allocation of funds to the southern parishes?
(a) Governor Simpson.
(b) William Percy.
(c) President Coolidge.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

5. In 1926, what prevented annual levee maintenance?
(a) No workers.
(b) Very low rivers.
(c) No materials.
(d) Very high rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the levees damaged in early 1927?

2. What did Hoover do during WWI?

3. What did spring flooding in the upper Mississippi River cause?

4. Why does Hoover accept the offer to head the flood relief committee?

5. Before going to Washington, what was Hoover's life like?

(see the answer key)

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