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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eighteen: Ratcheting up to Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many of the 1919 riot victims were black?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 3/4.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 1/2.

3. Whose home was bombed on May 16, 1919?
(a) Williams.
(b) Morrison.
(c) Peterson.
(d) Harrison.

4. What did the summer of 1919 become known as?
(a) Red Summer.
(b) Violent Summer.
(c) Dangerous Summer.
(d) Mob Summer.

5. How many copies of the Defender did Robert Horton have delivered to his barbershop in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) 30-40.
(b) 45.
(c) 40-50.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was the beach from John's home?

2. What was the weather like on the day that John Turner Harris's life changed?

3. When was John Jones elected to political office?

4. How much of the police force was stationed in the Black Belt at the end of Eighteen: "Ratcheting Up"?

5. In 1919, what day of the week did John Harris and his friends go to the beach?

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