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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 Richard E. Parker's occupation?
(a) Lawyer and entrepreneur.
(b) Physician.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Newspaper editor and entrepreneur.

2. In 1870, how many blacks called Chicago home?
(a) 3,487.
(b) Nearly 3,700.
(c) About 2,900.
(d) 5,293.

3. How much did Mrs.Hunter sell her house for in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) $700.
(b) $800.
(c) $500.
(d) $650.

4. At the beginning of Part One, who wrote the lines of the poem quoted?
(a) Alice Walker.
(b) Paul Laurence Dunbar.
(c) Gwendolyn Brooks.
(d) Langsten Hughes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the Chicago harbor designated by the U.S. Congress as an official port of entry?

3. In 1837, how many blacks lived in Chicago?

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

5. When did immigrants and blacks leave their Chicago homes to fight in the Great War?

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