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

2. When did Providence Hospital and nursing school for black women open?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1890.

3. In Eight: "A Stone's Throw," when did Michael Donnelly organize a strike?
(a) August 11, 1904.
(b) August 14, 1904.
(c) July 12, 1904.
(d) July 1, 1904.

4. On July 27, 1919, what did temperatures soar to by the height of the day?
(a) 98 degrees.
(b) 97 degrees.
(c) 96 degrees.
(d) 99 degrees.

5. Where was John Jones born?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Alabama.
(d) South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the black bathers chased away?

2. How old was Ferdinand Barnett when he opened his own law office?

3. Who was the policeman working the 29th Street beach when John and his friends had rocks thrown at them?

4. How many beaches were on the lake near Chicago in 1919?

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

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