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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eighteen: Ratcheting up to Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," how much of the Yard's workforce was made up of black laborers?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/5.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 1/4.

2. Which of the boys was the first to get hit by rock in One: "The Beach"?
(a) Paul.
(b) Charles.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Eugene.

3. How many playgrounds were in Chicago in 1919?
(a) 63.
(b) 82.
(c) 92.
(d) 71.

4. How many of the 1919 riot victims were black?
(a) 3/4.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 2/3.

5. In 1910, what percent of blacks were living in the South?
(a) 15%.
(b) 35%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 70%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Mrs.Hunter sell her house for in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

2. How tall was the Chicago Illinois Central station vaulted ceiling in the waiting room?

3. On Thursday in Nineteen: "Point-Counterpoint," how was a black man hurt who returned to work in the Stock Yard?

4. By the end of the night in Eighteen: "Ratcheting Up," how many were injured and dead?

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

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