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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 name of the area west of the Union Stock Yards and north of a park in 1919?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Whiskey Row.
(c) Tavern Row.
(d) Bridgeport.

2. Who was the United States president when America declared war on Germany?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) William Howard Taft.
(c) Grover Cleveland.
(d) William McKinley.

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

4. How old was John Harris in 1919 when he went swimming with his friends?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

5. In 1837, how many blacks lived in Chicago?
(a) 84.
(b) 103.
(c) 77.
(d) 62.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away was a white man throwing rocks at John and his friends on the raft?

2. What was the name of the football, track, and baseball star who traveled from Minneapolis to sign up with the Eight Infantry Regiment?

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

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

5. How much did Mrs.Hunter sell her house for in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

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