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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 July of 1919, how many people did the Chicago Tribune say could go to the beaches?
(a) 145,000.
(b) 275,000.
(c) 180,000.
(d) 250,000.

2. What was the name of the Chicago neighborhood where the Urban League Offices were located in 1919?
(a) Black Belt.
(b) River North.
(c) Irving Park.
(d) Albany Park.

3. When a mob attacked a black man at a train station in Fourteen: "Respectability and Respect," how many days in jail did the black man get?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

4. Between what streets was the beach where John and his friends went?
(a) 21st and 23rd.
(b) 14th and 16th.
(c) 26th and 29th.
(d) 30th and 31st.

5. In Eight: "A Stone's Throw," when did Michael Donnelly organize a strike?
(a) July 1, 1904.
(b) August 14, 1904.
(c) July 12, 1904.
(d) August 11, 1904.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Eugene Williams born?

2. When did Swift move to Chicago?

3. What street car ran from north to south in Chicago in 1919?

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

5. When did John Jones and Mary Richardson move to Chicago?

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