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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) 1843.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1846.

2. How old was Eugene Williams when he died?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

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

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

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

6. What were the dimensions of the raft that John and his friends built?
(a) 14 feet long by 9 feet wide.
(b) 10 feet long by 5 feet wide.
(c) 11 feet long by 6 feet wide.
(d) 15 feet long by 8 feet wide.

7. In July of 1919, how many people did the Chicago Tribune say could go to the beaches?
(a) 180,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 275,000.
(d) 145,000.

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

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

10. When did Swift move to Chicago?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1872.

11. In Three: "Freedom," what trade did John Jones learn?
(a) Surveyor.
(b) Tailor.
(c) Farrier.
(d) Blacksmith.

12. How many people lived in Chicago in 1837?
(a) 5,122.
(b) 4,066.
(c) 3,143.
(d) 2,981.

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

14. Where did Gustavius Franklin Swift start his company?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) Cape Cod.
(d) Denver.

15. Where did John's family live in 1919?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Bridgeport.
(c) Canaryville.
(d) Black Belt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the weather like on the day that John Turner Harris's life changed?

2. When did Michael Donnelly end the strike he called in Eight: "A Stone's Throw"?

3. How far was the beach from John's home?

4. Where was Eugene Williams born?

5. In Eight: "A Stone's Throw," how many years after the Civil War ended were the first blacks hired in Union Stock Yard?

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