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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. On July 27, 1919, what did temperatures soar to by the height of the day?
(a) 98 degrees.
(b) 97 degrees.
(c) 99 degrees.
(d) 96 degrees.

2. By what date in Seven: "Parallel Universes," did one of every three babies in Packingtown die before the age of two?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1907.

3. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did Robert Horton have his barbershop?
(a) Meridian.
(b) Movile.
(c) Hattiesburg.
(d) Birmingham.

4. Who was the policeman working the 29th Street beach when John and his friends had rocks thrown at them?
(a) Officer William Morrison.
(b) Officer Peter O'Halloran.
(c) Officer Daniel Callahan.
(d) Officer Mick O'Malley.

5. In 1917, how many homes were available for 664 applicants for housing?
(a) 45.
(b) 53.
(c) 50.
(d) 48.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the black bathers chased away?

2. What is the name of the lake near Chicago?

3. How tall was the Chicago Illinois Central station vaulted ceiling in the waiting room?

4. When was the black-owned Jesse Binga Bank opened?

5. When did John Jones and other Chicagoans create a plan of defense against slave catchers?

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