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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Three: Freedom Fight to Eight: A Stone's Throw.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of a black barber who claimed to have shaved Chicago's first mayor and President Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Andrew Miller.
(b) Wyatt Jones.
(c) Lewis Isbel.
(d) Davy Philipps.

2. When was the Chicago harbor designated by the U.S. Congress as an official port of entry?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1873.

3. In what direction were John and his friends from the fight on the 29th Street beach?
(a) Southeast.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) South.

4. When did Providence Hospital and nursing school for black women open?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1890.

5. Where did Gustavius Franklin Swift start his company?
(a) Boston.
(b) Cape Cod.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. In One: "The Beach," what was the date that changed John Turner Harri's life?

2. How many playgrounds were in Chicago in 1919?

3. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many saloons were on Whiskey Row?

4. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many languages did an observer note were used by the various Catholic churches?

5. What could be smelled in John's family home?

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