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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. When was the black-owned Jesse Binga Bank opened?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1910.

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

3. When did John Jones and other Chicagoans create a plan of defense against slave catchers?
(a) September 1850.
(b) November 1850.
(c) October 1850.
(d) August 1850.

4. In Thirteen: "Full to Bursting," how many people did a rooming-house owner house in a three-month period?
(a) 473.
(b) 711.
(c) 698.
(d) 504.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1916, how much canned beef did American meat packers export?

2. What was the number of the union branch established in the Black Belt in Fifteen: "Tensions Rising"?

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

4. How far were the city stockyards from John's home?

5. When did a Mrs. Hunter tell her son to move North for better wages in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

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