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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. When did the union organize the people of Packingtown to tell their story to the judge appointed by President Wilson?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1917.

2. How old was Ferdinand Barnett when he opened his own law office?
(a) 28.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 21.

3. What was the number of the Chicago Irish Regiment in World War I?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Seventh.
(d) Ninth.

4. When did Gustavus Swift die?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1903.

5. How many people lived in Chicago in 1837?
(a) 3,143.
(b) 2,981.
(c) 5,122.
(d) 4,066.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did a Mrs. Hunter tell her son to move North for better wages in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

2. When did the Stockyards Labor Council make plans to have black laborers join the meat packing workers' union?

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

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

5. How many flyers were handed out on the street encouraging union membership in Fifteen: "Tensions Rising"?

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