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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. On July 27, 1919, how much higher was the temperature than usual?
(a) 14 degrees.
(b) 17 degrees.
(c) 10 degrees.
(d) 13 degrees.

2. In April of 1919, how many bombs exploded?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

3. When a mob attacked a black man at a train station in Fourteen: "Respectability and Respect," how many days in jail did the black man get?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

4. In 1919, what was the name of the Clubhouse that was south of the Back of the Yards?
(a) Shielders.
(b) Torrio's.
(c) Dukies.
(d) Ragen's Colts.

5. How many bombs exploded in January 1919 on the doorsteps of real estate offices?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did John Jones and other Chicagoans create a plan of defense against slave catchers?

3. When did Michael Donnelly end the strike he called in Eight: "A Stone's Throw"?

4. When did Chicago's all-black Eight Infantry Regiment prepare to leave for the war?

5. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did Robert Horton have his barbershop?

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