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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) 5,122.
(c) 3,143.
(d) 2,981.

2. When did Anatanas Kaztauskis come to Chicago from Lithuania?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1908.

3. When was John Jones elected to political office?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1870.

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

5. What was the name of the area west of the Union Stock Yards and north of a park in 1919?
(a) Whiskey Row.
(b) Tavern Row.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Bridgeport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Chicago neighborhood where the Urban League Offices were located in 1919?

2. How many playgrounds were in Chicago in 1919?

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

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

5. What was the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment?

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