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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 number of the union branch established in the Black Belt in Fifteen: "Tensions Rising"?
(a) Local 294.
(b) Local 317.
(c) Local 651.
(d) Local 411.

2. How many friends did John meet with in One: "The Beach"?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

4. In 1919, what did the black workforce fall from and to from January to May?
(a) 65,000 to 50,000.
(b) 70,000 to 45,000.
(c) 80,000 to 60,000.
(d) 50,000 to 30,000.

5. In 1919, how many candidates were trying to unseat Big Bill for mayor?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of a black barber who claimed to have shaved Chicago's first mayor and President Abraham Lincoln?

2. How far was the beach from John's home?

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

4. In 1917, how many homes were available for 664 applicants for housing?

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

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