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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nine: A Higher Call to Fourteen: Respectability and Respect.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the black-owned Jesse Binga Bank opened?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1909.

2. How many blacks were employed at the Yard in 1918?
(a) About 11,000.
(b) More than 10,000.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 9,000.

3. In Ten: "The Northern Fever," how much did Mr. Henderson earn monthly working for the railroad?
(a) $150.
(b) $75.
(c) $125.
(d) $100.

4. When a mob attacked a black man at a train station in Fourteen: "Respectability and Respect," how many days in jail did the black man get?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the black bathers chased away?

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

3. When did Langston Hughes arrive in Chicago?

4. In 1870, how many blacks called Chicago home?

5. How much did Mrs.Hunter sell her house for in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

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