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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who remains in Greenville after the news of the coming floodwaters is announced?
(a) Just the poor whites.
(b) Just the blacks.
(c) The blacks, the poor whites and the business leaders.
(d) Just the business leaders.

2. How does the black population respond to the decision made by the council?
(a) They protested.
(b) They boycotted.
(c) They offered to organize work parties.
(d) They started a riot.

3. Who is the obvious candidate for presidency when Coolidge declines a bid for reelection?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Simpson.
(c) Butler.
(d) LeRoy Percy.

4. Although he hates the idea of war, what does William decide to do?
(a) Help train the soldiers.
(b) Support the President's idea to send soldiers to fight.
(c) Become a medic for the war.
(d) Fight in WWI.

5. What are the refugee camps referred to at the time of the floods in the Delta?
(a) Concentration camps.
(b) Luxury resorts.
(c) Villages.
(d) Tribes.

6. What do the people suffer from long after the flood?
(a) Monetary issues.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Disease.
(d) Homelessness.

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

8. What happens in June of 1927?
(a) A hurricane hits the area.
(b) Coolidge is impeached.
(c) A second flood crest moves down the river.
(d) A giant fire destroys New Orleans.

9. Why is Butler's bank paid a generous sum of money?
(a) They sold a lot of property to businesses after the floods.
(b) They collected a lot of money from taxes.
(c) They owned insurance on the homes in the southern parishes.
(d) The bank's yacht was used in rescue missions.

10. What is a widespread problem in St. Bernard and Plaquemines?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Disease.
(c) Murder.
(d) Robbery.

11. What breaks the relationship between the Percy family and the black community?
(a) LeRoy went back on all his promises.
(b) Will attacks the black community for refusing to work.
(c) It was discovered that the Percy family is racist.
(d) The Percy's didn't defend the black community.

12. On average, how many people are the refugee camps designed to hold?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 10,000.

13. How does the levee camp become a slave camp?
(a) They don't let any of the people leave the camp.
(b) The blacks are required to go to work and fix the levees.
(c) The camps are disgustingly dirty.
(d) All the people there are treated miserably.

14. Who receives large bonuses for the work they did during the floods?
(a) The Percy family.
(b) Butler's hatchet men.
(c) The workers who fixed the levees.
(d) The people at the Red Cross.

15. Who does Hoover seek assistance from to redevelop the Delta region?
(a) LeRoy Percy and Simpson.
(b) LeRoy and William Percy.
(c) LeRoy Percy and Butler.
(d) Butler and Simpson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Moton continue to support Hoover?

2. In 1937, the Mississippi waters rise again, but why is there no flood?

3. How do the parishes that have been destroyed feel about the newspaper articles that are being printed?

4. What does Hoover promise the blacks?

5. Butler continues to make promises to the southern parishes but what are his intentions?

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