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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Three: Freedom Fight to Eight: A Stone's Throw.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could be smelled in John's family home?
(a) Burnt street meat and smoke.
(b) Animal blood.
(c) Garbage baking on the sidewalk.
(d) Fishy garbage.

2. How did John and his friends get partway to the beach?
(a) Hitched a ride with a neighbor.
(b) Took a bus.
(c) Hopped a produce truck.
(d) Rode their bikes.

3. Where did John Jones's mother send him to learn a trade?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) West Virginia.

4. 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) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. In Six: "Waste Matters," what was John T. Joyce's job?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Day laborer.
(c) Cattle butcher.
(d) Street sweeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hours did Kaztauskis work his first day at the stockyards?

2. When did John Jones and other Chicagoans create a plan of defense against slave catchers?

3. In what direction were John and his friends from the fight on the 29th Street beach?

4. On July 27, 1919, how much higher was the temperature than usual?

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

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