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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many flyers were handed out on the street encouraging union membership in Fifteen: "Tensions Rising"?
(a) 75,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 110,000.

2. When was Jesse Binga the target of two bombs?
(a) February 1919.
(b) March 1919.
(c) April 1919.
(d) May 1919.

3. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when was the union ready to sign "up the masses" (123)?
(a) October.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) September.

4. In 1918, how many black migrants were settled into Chicago?
(a) 53,000.
(b) Nearly 50,000.
(c) 37,000.
(d) About 40,000.

5. Between march 1918 and the end of the year, how many bombs were exploded at the offices of black real estate agents and homes of black families?
(a) 18.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

6. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," what Polish speaker was tasked with energizing eastern Europeans to join the union?
(a) John Kikulski.
(b) Peter. Borowicz
(c) David Danek.
(d) George Golomb.

7. What was the name of the man who killed Eugene Williams?
(a) George Stauber.
(b) John Martin.
(c) Daniel Wyatt.
(d) Steven Davis.

8. How much were teachers paid monthly in Chicago in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) $35.
(b) $25.
(c) $30.
(d) $40.

9. In 1919, when did a group of boys scuffle in Washington Park?
(a) July 11.
(b) April 12.
(c) June 15.
(d) May 29.

10. When did a Mrs. Hunter tell her son to move North for better wages in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1917.

11. When did Langston Hughes arrive in Chicago?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1919.

12. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did Robert Horton have his barbershop?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Meridian.
(c) Hattiesburg.
(d) Movile.

13. When did the war end?
(a) November 11, 1918.
(b) November 9, 1918.
(c) November 5, 1918.
(d) November 13, 1918.

14. At the end of Seventeen: "Race Riot, how many of those who attacked blacks were arrested?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

15. What was the name of the football, track, and baseball star who traveled from Minneapolis to sign up with the Eight Infantry Regiment?
(a) Sam Ransom.
(b) Bob Wilson.
(c) Robert Wiley.
(d) Dan McDaniels.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1919, what percent of the vote did Thompson gain to be reelected as mayor of Chicago?

2. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when did someone explode a bomb in a black family's home?

3. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," how much of the Yard's workforce was made up of black laborers?

4. In 1916, how much canned beef did American meat packers export?

5. When immigrant workers walked out of the Argo corn refinery, how many black non-union men marched in to take their places?

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