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

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

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

4. In what newspaper were the photographs published of people enjoying the beach in One: The Beach?
(a) Chicago Examiner.
(b) Chicago Tribune.
(c) Chicago Sun-Times.
(d) Chicago Eagle.

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

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

7. How old was Ferdinand Barnett when he opened his own law office?
(a) 28.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 21.

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

9. Where was John Jones born?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Alabama.

10. In 1870, how many blacks called Chicago home?
(a) 5,293.
(b) Nearly 3,700.
(c) 3,487.
(d) About 2,900.

11. How old was John Harris in 1919 when he went swimming with his friends?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

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

13. What nationality were the men who dug a canal in Chicago in Five: "White Negroes"?
(a) Polish.
(b) German.
(c) Irish.
(d) Lithuanian.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What street car ran from north to south in Chicago in 1919?

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

5. What was the last name of John's friends?

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