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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fifteen: Tension Rising to Seventeen: Race Riot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the man who killed Eugene Williams?
(a) John Martin.
(b) George Stauber.
(c) Steven Davis.
(d) Daniel Wyatt.

2. In 1919, what day of the week did John Harris and his friends go to the beach?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

3. Between march 1918 and the end of the year, how many bombs were exploded at the offices of black real estate agents and homes of black families?
(a) 18.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

4. When immigrant workers walked out of the Argo corn refinery, how many black non-union men marched in to take their places?
(a) 575.
(b) 600.
(c) 625.
(d) 550.

5. In Eight: "A Stone's Throw," how many years after the Civil War ended were the first blacks hired in Union Stock Yard?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1919, when did a group of boys scuffle in Washington Park?

2. In 1919, what was the membership of Olivet Baptist?

3. When did Swift move to Chicago?

4. By what date in Seven: "Parallel Universes," did one of every three babies in Packingtown die before the age of two?

5. Which of the boys was the first to get hit by rock in One: "The Beach"?

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