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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. In One: "The Beach," how many blacks angered whites whey they went to the 29th Street beach and laid down on the sand?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

3. When was the Chicago harbor designated by the U.S. Congress as an official port of entry?
(a) 1846.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1873.

4. How old was John Harris in 1919 when he went swimming with his friends?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what date in Seven: "Parallel Universes," did one of every three babies in Packingtown die before the age of two?

2. In 1910, what percent of blacks were living in the South?

3. In One: "The Beach," what beach did blacks usually frequent?

4. When did Providence Hospital and nursing school for black women open?

5. When did immigrants and blacks leave their Chicago homes to fight in the Great War?

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