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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) Rode their bikes.
(b) Took a bus.
(c) Hitched a ride with a neighbor.
(d) Hopped a produce truck.

2. What could be smelled in John's family home?
(a) Burnt street meat and smoke.
(b) Garbage baking on the sidewalk.
(c) Animal blood.
(d) Fishy garbage.

3. How far were the city stockyards from John's home?
(a) About 3 miles.
(b) A few miles.
(c) A few blocks.
(d) About half a mile.

4. How old was Eugene Williams when he died?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 17.

5. When did Swift move to Chicago?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1872.

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 did Gustavus Swift die?

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

5. In One: "The Beach," what was the date that changed John Turner Harri's life?

(see the answer key)

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