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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. What was the last name of John's friends?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Davison.
(c) Williams.
(d) Martin.

2. 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) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

3. When did Providence Hospital and nursing school for black women open?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1898.

4. When did Anatanas Kaztauskis come to Chicago from Lithuania?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1901.

5. How did John and his friends get partway to the beach?
(a) Hitched a ride with a neighbor.
(b) Rode their bikes.
(c) Hopped a produce truck.
(d) Took a bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did a race riot begin in 1919?

2. In 1837, how many blacks lived in Chicago?

3. In One: "The Beach," what beach did blacks usually frequent?

4. When did the Chicago Defender recommend that Southern blacks come North for employment?

5. Who was the policeman working the 29th Street beach when John and his friends had rocks thrown at them?

(see the answer key)

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