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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 away was a white man throwing rocks at John and his friends on the raft?
(a) 70 feet.
(b) 75 feet.
(c) 90 feet.
(d) 100 feet.

2. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many languages did an observer note were used by the various Catholic churches?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

3. In Eight: "A Stone's Throw," how many years after the Civil War ended were the first blacks hired in Union Stock Yard?
(a) 9.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 11.

4. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many saloons were on Whiskey Row?
(a) 380.
(b) More than 500.
(c) About 490.
(d) 510.

5. When did Illinois strike down its Black Laws?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1866.
(d) 1867.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the dimensions of the raft that John and his friends built?

2. Where did John's family live in 1919?

3. Between what streets was the beach where John and his friends went?

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

5. When did Gustavus Swift die?

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