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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the weather like in the Prologue as the guests of the social party head home?
(a) Snowing.
(b) Stormy.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Foggy.

2. What did spring flooding in the upper Mississippi River cause?
(a) A great fishing season.
(b) A richer soil for planting crops.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Property destruction, deaths and devastation.

3. How did waves effect the levees?
(a) The waves made the levee stronger.
(b) They eroded it.
(c) The waves didn't effect it at all.
(d) Their force broke them.

4. If the black work force does not return to the area, what does LeRoy Percy believe will happen?
(a) The Delta area will never recover.
(b) The Delta area will become even more segregated.
(c) The Delta area will recover more quickly.
(d) The segregation in the Delta area will improve.

5. What kept the Delta area underdeveloped during WWI?
(a) A busy hurricane season.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) A lack of manpower.
(d) War with the Native Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things did Humphrey unsuccessfully attempt to do to change the mouth of the Mississippi River?

2. What happens in June of 1927?

3. How does William Percy gain his reputation?

4. In 1926, what prevented annual levee maintenance?

5. Prior to Thompson's plan being implemented, what happened to the refugees south of the levee?

(see the answer key)

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