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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 One: "The Beach," what beach did blacks usually frequent?
(a) 27th Street.
(b) 28th Sttreet.
(c) 26th Street.
(d) 29th Street.

2. How far away was a white man throwing rocks at John and his friends on the raft?
(a) 75 feet.
(b) 90 feet.
(c) 70 feet.
(d) 100 feet.

3. How tall was the Chicago Illinois Central station vaulted ceiling in the waiting room?
(a) 60 feet.
(b) 50 feet.
(c) 45 feet.
(d) 75 feet.

4. In 1916, how much canned beef did American meat packers export?
(a) 80 million tons.
(b) 50 million tons.
(c) 70 million tons.
(d) 45 millions tons.

5. When did Chicago's all-black Eight Infantry Regiment prepare to leave for the war?
(a) December.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1870, how many blacks called Chicago home?

2. In what newspaper were the photographs published of people enjoying the beach in One: The Beach?

3. What could be smelled in John's family home?

4. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many saloons were on Whiskey Row?

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

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