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

2. Where was Eugene Williams born?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) South Carollina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Alabama.

3. In Three: "Freedom," what trade did John Jones learn?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Surveyor.
(c) Farrier.
(d) Tailor.

4. In what direction were John and his friends from the fight on the 29th Street beach?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) Southeast.

5. When was the Chicago harbor designated by the U.S. Congress as an official port of entry?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1873.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many friends did John meet with in One: "The Beach"?

4. How many people lived in Chicago in 1837?

5. What was the name of a black barber who claimed to have shaved Chicago's first mayor and President Abraham Lincoln?

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