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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue to Two: A Time to Reap.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what newspaper were the photographs published of people enjoying the beach in One: The Beach?
(a) Chicago Examiner.
(b) Chicago Sun-Times.
(c) Chicago Tribune.
(d) Chicago Eagle.

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

3. At the beginning of Part One, who wrote the lines of the poem quoted?
(a) Alice Walker.
(b) Gwendolyn Brooks.
(c) Paul Laurence Dunbar.
(d) Langsten Hughes.

4. What street car ran from north to south in Chicago in 1919?
(a) 47th Street.
(b) Pershing.
(c) 43rd Street.
(d) State Street.

5. In 1919, what nieghborhood was bordered by Pershing to the north, Wentworth to the east, and Halstead to the west?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Bridgeport.
(c) Martinsville.
(d) Canaryville.

Short Answer Questions

1. On July 27, 1919, what did temperatures soar to by the height of the day?

2. How far away was a white man throwing rocks at John and his friends on the raft?

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

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

5. How far were the city stockyards from John's home?

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