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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. Where did John's family live in 1919?
(a) Bridgeport.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Canaryville.
(d) Black Belt.

2. By what percent did immigration to the United States drop by between 1914 and 1917?
(a) 90%.
(b) 70%.
(c) 85%.
(d) 65%.

3. In what direction were John and his friends from the fight on the 29th Street beach?
(a) East.
(b) Southeast.
(c) North.
(d) South.

4. What is the name of the lake near Chicago?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Ontario.
(c) Superior.
(d) Huron.

5. Who was the policeman working the 29th Street beach when John and his friends had rocks thrown at them?
(a) Officer William Morrison.
(b) Officer Peter O'Halloran.
(c) Officer Mick O'Malley.
(d) Officer Daniel Callahan.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Swift move to Chicago?

2. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," how many people turned out to hear union leaders announce a judge's decision regarding workers in Packingtown?

3. In Sixteen: "Last Straws, how many Poles grabbed a black man and told him to join the union or else?

4. On July 27, 1919, what did temperatures soar to by the height of the day?

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

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