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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nine: A Higher Call to Fourteen: Respectability and Respect.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1915, what destroyed cotton crops?
(a) Drought.
(b) Boll weevil.
(c) Hurricane.
(d) Flooding.

2. When did most of the growth of the black population in the Black Belt occur?
(a) 1916-1918.
(b) 1914 to 1916.
(c) 1914 to 1920.
(d) 1915-1917.

3. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how many children did the Hunters take with them when they moved to Chicago?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. What is the name of the lake near Chicago?
(a) Superior.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Huron.
(d) Ontario.

5. In Six: "Waste Matters," what was John T. Joyce's job?
(a) Street sweeper.
(b) Cattle butcher.
(c) Day laborer.
(d) Farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could be smelled in John's family home?

2. In July of 1919, how many people did the Chicago Tribune say could go to the beaches?

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

4. In 1919, what day of the week did John Harris and his friends go to the beach?

5. When was a slave catcher killed during the Christiana Resistance?

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