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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. When did immigrants and blacks leave their Chicago homes to fight in the Great War?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1918.

2. How were the black bathers chased away?
(a) Men, women, and children throwing rocks.
(b) A mob dragging them away.
(c) Men throwing rocks.
(d) Police escorting them away.

3. What was the name of a black barber who claimed to have shaved Chicago's first mayor and President Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Lewis Isbel.
(b) Wyatt Jones.
(c) Davy Philipps.
(d) Andrew Miller.

4. How much were teachers paid monthly in Chicago in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) $30.
(b) $40.
(c) $25.
(d) $35.

5. In 1919, what nieghborhood was bordered by Pershing to the north, Wentworth to the east, and Halstead to the west?
(a) Bridgeport.
(b) Canaryville.
(c) Martinsville.
(d) Hamburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1917, how many homes were available for 664 applicants for housing?

2. How many copies of the Defender did Robert Horton have delivered to his barbershop in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

3. When did a Mrs. Hunter tell her son to move North for better wages in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

4. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how many children did the Hunters take with them when they moved to Chicago?

5. When was John Jones elected to political office?

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