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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fifteen: Tension Rising to Seventeen: Race Riot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when did someone explode a bomb in a black family's home?
(a) July 3.
(b) July 9.
(c) July 1.
(d) July 17.

2. How old was Eugene Williams when he died?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

3. In 1919, how many candidates were trying to unseat Big Bill for mayor?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. In Six: "Waste Matters," what was John T. Joyce's job?
(a) Cattle butcher.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Street sweeper.
(d) Day laborer.

5. What was Richard E. Parker's occupation?
(a) Newspaper editor and entrepreneur.
(b) Lawyer and entrepreneur.
(c) Physician.
(d) Merchant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many blacks were employed at the Yard in 1918?

2. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did Robert Horton have his barbershop?

3. What nationality were the men who dug a canal in Chicago in Five: "White Negroes"?

4. When was Ferdinand Barnett born?

5. How much did a girl who was making $2 a week in Meridian say that she was making a day in Chicago in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

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