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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the area west of the Union Stock Yards and north of a park in 1919?
(a) Bridgeport.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Whiskey Row.
(d) Tavern Row.

2. How far was the beach from John's home?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 1 miles.
(c) 4 miles.
(d) 3 miles.

3. When did Ferdinand Barnett start the first black newspaper in Chicago?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1881.

4. What could be smelled in John's family home?
(a) Fishy garbage.
(b) Garbage baking on the sidewalk.
(c) Animal blood.
(d) Burnt street meat and smoke.

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

6. In 1919, what day of the week did John Harris and his friends go to the beach?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Tuesday.

7. When was John Jones elected to political office?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1873.

8. In 1919, what park was near the Union Stock Yards?
(a) Calumet.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Davis Square.

9. How many beaches were on the lake near Chicago in 1919?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 16.
(d) 4.

10. How did John and his friends get partway to the beach?
(a) Took a bus.
(b) Hopped a produce truck.
(c) Rode their bikes.
(d) Hitched a ride with a neighbor.

11. When did Michael Donnelly end the strike he called in Eight: "A Stone's Throw"?
(a) September 23, 1904.
(b) October 11, 1904.
(c) September 8, 1904.
(d) October 3, 1904.

12. How were the black bathers chased away?
(a) A mob dragging them away.
(b) Men, women, and children throwing rocks.
(c) Police escorting them away.
(d) Men throwing rocks.

13. In One: "The Beach," what time did John met up with his friends?
(a) 2 p.m.
(b) 2:30 p.m.
(c) 3:30 p.m.
(d) 3 p.m.

14. What was the name of a black barber who claimed to have shaved Chicago's first mayor and President Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Lewis Isbel.
(b) Andrew Miller.
(c) Davy Philipps.
(d) Wyatt Jones.

15. In One: "The Beach," what beach did blacks usually frequent?
(a) 28th Sttreet.
(b) 27th Street.
(c) 26th Street.
(d) 29th Street.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was a slave catcher killed during the Christiana Resistance?

3. When did Providence Hospital and nursing school for black women open?

4. In One: "The Beach," how many blacks angered whites whey they went to the 29th Street beach and laid down on the sand?

5. Where was Eugene Williams born?

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