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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what date in Seven: "Parallel Universes," did one of every three babies in Packingtown die before the age of two?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1910.

2. In what month did a race riot begin in 1919?
(a) June.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) September.

3. When was the black-owned Jesse Binga Bank opened?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1908.

4. 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) 11.
(d) 9.

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

6. What was the weather like on the day that John Turner Harris's life changed?
(a) Thunderstorms.
(b) Partly sunny.
(c) Cool and windy.
(d) Extremely hot.

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

8. When did Gustavus Swift die?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1903.

9. Between what streets was the beach where John and his friends went?
(a) 14th and 16th.
(b) 26th and 29th.
(c) 30th and 31st.
(d) 21st and 23rd.

10. Where was Eugene Williams born?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carollina.

11. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many languages did an observer note were used by the various Catholic churches?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

12. On July 27, 1919, what did temperatures soar to by the height of the day?
(a) 98 degrees.
(b) 99 degrees.
(c) 96 degrees.
(d) 97 degrees.

13. When did John Jones and Mary Richardson move to Chicago?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1846.

14. In 1919, what was the name of the Clubhouse that was south of the Back of the Yards?
(a) Ragen's Colts.
(b) Shielders.
(c) Torrio's.
(d) Dukies.

15. When did Illinois strike down its Black Laws?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1866.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ferdinand Barnett start the first black newspaper in Chicago?

2. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many saloons were on Whiskey Row?

3. When was John Jones elected to political office?

4. On July 27, 1919, how much higher was the temperature than usual?

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

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