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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the boys was the first to get hit by rock in One: "The Beach"?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) Charles.
(c) Paul.
(d) Eugene.

2. On July 27, 1919, how much higher was the temperature than usual?
(a) 13 degrees.
(b) 14 degrees.
(c) 17 degrees.
(d) 10 degrees.

3. Who was the policeman working the 29th Street beach when John and his friends had rocks thrown at them?
(a) Officer Peter O'Halloran.
(b) Officer William Morrison.
(c) Officer Mick O'Malley.
(d) Officer Daniel Callahan.

4. When did John Jones and Mary Richardson move to Chicago?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1844.

5. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many saloons were on Whiskey Row?
(a) About 490.
(b) 380.
(c) 510.
(d) More than 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. On July 27, 1919, what did temperatures soar to by the height of the day?

2. Where did John's family live in 1919?

3. In One: "The Beach," what time did John met up with his friends?

4. In 1919, what nieghborhood was bordered by Pershing to the north, Wentworth to the east, and Halstead to the west?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the only ways that Chicagoans could keep cool in the type of heat wave that was occurring in July of 1919?

2. Why did the lives of blacks get more difficult in the 1850s, and what was something that they did about it?

3. Where did John and his friends have a special place for their own by the water?

4. Why did John and his friends run to the beach after hitching a ride?

5. Why were tension rising at the 29th Street beach on July 27, 1919?

6. What was Packingtown like in Seven: "Parallel Universes"?

7. In 1919, where could people go outside and what could to they do?

8. What was the unspoken rule about beaches in Chicago?

9. How many blacks were employed by the Union Stock Yard after the Civil War?

10. Who was Ida B. Wells?

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