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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. In 1919, what day of the week did John Harris and his friends go to the beach?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

2. Where was John Jones born?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Alabama.
(d) North Carolina.

3. What was the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Ohio.

4. How many beaches were on the lake near Chicago in 1919?
(a) 16.
(b) 4.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Illinois strike down its Black Laws?

2. At the beginning of Part One, who wrote the lines of the poem quoted?

3. When was John Jones elected to political office?

4. In Eight: "A Stone's Throw," how many years after the Civil War ended were the first blacks hired in Union Stock Yard?

5. In 1919, what nieghborhood was bordered by Pershing to the north, Wentworth to the east, and Halstead to the west?

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