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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. When did John Jones and other Chicagoans create a plan of defense against slave catchers?
(a) September 1850.
(b) November 1850.
(c) August 1850.
(d) October 1850.

2. How far away was a white man throwing rocks at John and his friends on the raft?
(a) 90 feet.
(b) 70 feet.
(c) 100 feet.
(d) 75 feet.

3. On the Tuesday when there was mob violence in Eighteen: "Ratcheting Up," how many blacks who worked for Swift made it to worked?
(a) 81.
(b) 23.
(c) 104.
(d) 19.

4. Whose home was bombed on May 16, 1919?
(a) Morrison.
(b) Williams.
(c) Peterson.
(d) Harrison.

5. When did Providence Hospital and nursing school for black women open?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1899.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Chicago neighborhood where the Urban League Offices were located in 1919?

2. When did a Mrs. Hunter tell her son to move North for better wages in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

3. What hours did Kaztauskis work his first day at the stockyards?

4. In Eighteen: "Ratcheting Up," when on Tuesday was the mob stopped?

5. In 1919, what was the name of the Clubhouse that was south of the Back of the Yards?

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