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Pop Quiz: All About Boston, MA

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1.

Who founded the city?

Puritan colonists
Quaker colonists
Huguenot colonists

2.

Boston Latin School was the first what in America?

Latin school.
Public school.
Catholic school.

3.

Who landed in Massachusetts first?

The Cosairs.
The Pilgrims.
the Puritans.

4.

Boston's Back Bay is an estuary of which river?

The Back River
The Black Rover
The Charles River

5.

By 1850, about how many Irish lived in Boston?

350,000
35,000
3.5 million

6.

What is total area of Boston, including land and water?

89 square miles.
150 square miles.
305 square miles.

7.

People of what descent form the largest single ethnic group in the city?

Italian
Irish
Hispanic

8.

Boston is known as the "Athens of America." How many colleges and universities are there is the greater Boston area?

100
175
200