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

2. How many acres was the Union Stockyards in Six: "Waste Matters"?
(a) 400.
(b) Over 300.
(c) About 290.
(d) 350.

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

4. Where did Gustavius Franklin Swift start his company?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Denver.
(c) Boston.
(d) Cape Cod.

5. In Three: "Freedom," what trade did John Jones learn?
(a) Surveyor.
(b) Farrier.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Tailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1919, what park was near the Union Stock Yards?

2. When did Swift move to Chicago?

3. Where did John Jones's mother send him to learn a trade?

4. When did Anatanas Kaztauskis come to Chicago from Lithuania?

5. In One: "The Beach," how many blacks angered whites whey they went to the 29th Street beach and laid down on the sand?

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