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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 do the refugees of St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parish begin to seek?
(a) Food and water.
(b) Help in rebuilding.
(c) Supplies to restart their businesses.
(d) Money for the damages.

2. What happened to LeRoy Percy Jr.?
(a) He has been disowned by his father.
(b) He was accidentally killed as a child.
(c) He moved to another country.
(d) He was paralyzed in an accident.

3. Why isn't the relationship between Hoover and the Colored Advisory Committee effective?
(a) Hoover has no support from any other politicians.
(b) The whites begin to hate Hoover for his relationship with the committee.
(c) Hoover breaks his promises.
(d) The committee doesn't trust him.

4. What could be a huge force in politics in the 1920's?
(a) Automobiles.
(b) The black vote.
(c) The female vote.
(d) Child labor laws.

5. Hoover speaks to the black community to ease tempers. How does the black community respond?
(a) Not at all.
(b) In a non-violent protest.
(c) With anger.
(d) With happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hoover promise the blacks?

2. After the floods, the nation is talking about disaster. What does Hoover shift the national discussion to?

3. What did Moton realize about Hoover before Hoover's run for the presidency?

4. How long do the food stages last?

5. What served as an admission that the levees only system was a failure?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are LeRoy Percy's dreams being destroyed as the city of Greenville is flooded?

2. Describe the relationship between Hoover and Moton.

3. How does the flood make Hoover a hero?

4. Although William Percy hates war, he fights in WWI and emerges a hero. What does this tell the reader about William's character?

5. In September, what has much of the flood waters done to the area?

6. Explain how the refugees of the lower parishes are "swindled" out of the money that is promised to them?

7. Why do the the national black leaders contact Hoover to complain about the treatment of blacks in the Delta region?

8. Why does Butler threaten the local lawyers from taking any cases from the people of the lower parishes?

9. How does Will Percy declaring a martial law in Greenville go against everything his father believes in?

10. What condition are St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemines in?

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