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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was Ferdinand Barnett born?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1858.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1854.
2. Between what streets was the beach where John and his friends went?
(a) 30th and 31st.
(b) 14th and 16th.
(c) 21st and 23rd.
(d) 26th and 29th.
3. What was the name of the Chicago neighborhood where the Urban League Offices were located in 1919?
(a) Black Belt.
(b) Albany Park.
(c) River North.
(d) Irving Park.
4. In One: "The Beach," how many blacks angered whites whey they went to the 29th Street beach and laid down on the sand?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.
5. How did John and his friends get partway to the beach?
(a) Rode their bikes.
(b) Took a bus.
(c) Hitched a ride with a neighbor.
(d) Hopped a produce truck.
6. In 1919, what was the name of the Clubhouse that was south of the Back of the Yards?
(a) Dukies.
(b) Torrio's.
(c) Ragen's Colts.
(d) Shielders.
7. Where did John Jones's mother send him to learn a trade?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) West Virginia.
8. In 1837, how many blacks lived in Chicago?
(a) 62.
(b) 84.
(c) 103.
(d) 77.
9. What was the weather like on the day that John Turner Harris's life changed?
(a) Extremely hot.
(b) Cool and windy.
(c) Partly sunny.
(d) Thunderstorms.
10. How old was John Harris in 1919 when he went swimming with his friends?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.
11. When was the Chicago harbor designated by the U.S. Congress as an official port of entry?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1846.
12. By what date in Seven: "Parallel Universes," did one of every three babies in Packingtown die before the age of two?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1908.
13. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many languages did an observer note were used by the various Catholic churches?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.
14. In 1919, what park was near the Union Stock Yards?
(a) Calumet.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Davis Square.
(d) Douglas.
15. How old was Eugene Williams when he died?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the boys was the first to get hit by rock in One: "The Beach"?
2. Where did Gustavius Franklin Swift start his company?
3. When did Anatanas Kaztauskis come to Chicago from Lithuania?
4. What could be smelled in John's family home?
5. On July 27, 1919, what did temperatures soar to by the height of the day?
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