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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many flyers were handed out on the street encouraging union membership in Fifteen: "Tensions Rising"?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 110,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 75,000.

2. When did a Mrs. Hunter tell her son to move North for better wages in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1916.

3. What was the number of the union branch established in the Black Belt in Fifteen: "Tensions Rising"?
(a) Local 651.
(b) Local 294.
(c) Local 317.
(d) Local 411.

4. What was a judges decision regarding disputes between packers and their workers in 1918?
(a) Workers would get a 50 cent an hour increase.
(b) Increased wages and overtime for anytime worked beyond eight hours in a day.
(c) Wages would be increased, but there would be no overtime pay.
(d) Wages would be frozen.

5. When did most of the growth of the black population in the Black Belt occur?
(a) 1914 to 1920.
(b) 1916-1918.
(c) 1914 to 1916.
(d) 1915-1917.

6. When was Jesse Binga the target of two bombs?
(a) March 1919.
(b) April 1919.
(c) May 1919.
(d) February 1919.

7. In Ten: "Northern Fever," what should Mrs. Hunter have gotten for her house?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $1,300.
(c) $1,400.
(d) $1,200.

8. What was the circulation of the Chicago Defender in 1919?
(a) 33,000.
(b) 44,000.
(c) 90,000.
(d) 130,000.

9. Between march 1918 and the end of the year, how many bombs were exploded at the offices of black real estate agents and homes of black families?
(a) 18.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

10. In 1919, how many candidates were trying to unseat Big Bill for mayor?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

11. How many copies of the Defender did Robert Horton have delivered to his barbershop in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) 45.
(b) 30-40.
(c) 25.
(d) 40-50.

12. How tall was the Chicago Illinois Central station vaulted ceiling in the waiting room?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) 75 feet.
(c) 60 feet.
(d) 45 feet.

13. In the summer of 1919, how active members did Black Local 651 have?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 3,300.
(c) 4,500.
(d) 5,600.

14. What group did not like Big Bill because of his anti-catholic propaganda?
(a) Lithuanians.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Irish.
(d) Polish.

15. What police department in Ten: "Northern Fever" blocked all the train depots to stop blacks from purchasing tickets?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Hattiesburg.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Birmingham.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1917, what was the number of the Polish and Lithuanian union Local?

2. When did Langston Hughes arrive in Chicago?

3. How much did Mrs.Hunter sell her house for in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

4. In Thirteen: "Full to Bursting," how many people did a rooming-house owner house in a three-month period?

5. How much did a girl who was making $2 a week in Meridian say that she was making a day in Chicago in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

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