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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Will's position during the floods of 1927?
2. Why was a concrete spillway built?
3. What did Moton realize about Hoover before Hoover's run for the presidency?
4. The total amount of claims between St. Bernard and Plaquemines is $35 million. How much do these parishes receive between the two of them at the end?
5. Who remains in Greenville after the news of the coming floodwaters is announced?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the flood make Hoover a hero?
2. What effects the lengths of the food stages?
3. Why does Butler threaten the local lawyers from taking any cases from the people of the lower parishes?
4. Why does the author describe the refugee camps in such detail in conjunction with the increase in flooded areas?
5. How are LeRoy Percy's dreams being destroyed as the city of Greenville is flooded?
6. What does the public mourning of Greenville show about their feelings for LeRoy Percy?
7. Describe the relationship between Hoover and Moton.
8. Why does the dynamiting the levee below New Orleans prove the levees only plan to be a failure?
9. Why is the relationship Hoover has with Moton crucial?
10. How does the levee get fixed without armed guards forcing the blacks to do it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
LeRoy Percy was a man with great dignity and determination. How did he use his power to rise up against the KKK? How was he viewed for his interaction with the Klan? What did this tell the reader about him?
Essay Topic 2
World War I was occurring during the time of the flood. How did the war affect the Delta region during this time? Why was the war mentioned repeatedly throughout the book? Who did the war affect the greatest and why?
Essay Topic 3
The Mississippi Levee system was said to be more complicated than the average levee system. What made it different from a regular levee system? How was the levee system along the Mississippi set up? What about it made it more effective? Did this new design for the levee system help during the floods? Why or why not?
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