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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did John Jones and Mary Richardson move to Chicago?
(a) 1844.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1843.
2. In Eight: "A Stone's Throw," when did Michael Donnelly organize a strike?
(a) August 11, 1904.
(b) July 12, 1904.
(c) August 14, 1904.
(d) July 1, 1904.
3. In what direction were John and his friends from the fight on the 29th Street beach?
(a) Southeast.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) East.
4. How were the black bathers chased away?
(a) A mob dragging them away.
(b) Men throwing rocks.
(c) Men, women, and children throwing rocks.
(d) Police escorting them away.
5. In what month did a race riot begin in 1919?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) September.
6. When did Anatanas Kaztauskis come to Chicago from Lithuania?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1903.
7. In 1870, how many blacks called Chicago home?
(a) 3,487.
(b) About 2,900.
(c) 5,293.
(d) Nearly 3,700.
8. What were the dimensions of the raft that John and his friends built?
(a) 10 feet long by 5 feet wide.
(b) 15 feet long by 8 feet wide.
(c) 14 feet long by 9 feet wide.
(d) 11 feet long by 6 feet wide.
9. When did Michael Donnelly end the strike he called in Eight: "A Stone's Throw"?
(a) September 8, 1904.
(b) October 11, 1904.
(c) September 23, 1904.
(d) October 3, 1904.
10. When was the Chicago harbor designated by the U.S. Congress as an official port of entry?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1873.
11. In One: "The Beach," what time did John met up with his friends?
(a) 2 p.m.
(b) 3 p.m.
(c) 3:30 p.m.
(d) 2:30 p.m.
12. What hours did Kaztauskis work his first day at the stockyards?
(a) 5 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(b) 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
(c) 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(d) 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
13. When did Ferdinand Barnett start the first black newspaper in Chicago?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1880.
14. What could be smelled in John's family home?
(a) Burnt street meat and smoke.
(b) Animal blood.
(c) Fishy garbage.
(d) Garbage baking on the sidewalk.
15. In Eight: "A Stone's Throw," how many years after the Civil War ended were the first blacks hired in Union Stock Yard?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.
Short Answer Questions
1. What nationality were the men who dug a canal in Chicago in Five: "White Negroes"?
2. Where did John's family live in 1919?
3. Where was John Jones born?
4. What was the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment?
5. How did John and his friends get partway to the beach?
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