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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Great War, how many aircraft engines needed to be produced in two years?
(a) 16,700.
(b) About 17,000.
(c) Nearly 18,000.
(d) 11,500.

2. At the end of Seventeen: "Race Riot, how many of those who attacked blacks were arrested?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

3. On June 30, where were two brothers chased from?
(a) A beach.
(b) Streetcar.
(c) Their home.
(d) Their workplace.

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

5. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when was the union ready to sign "up the masses" (123)?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) October.

6. In 1919, what was the membership of Olivet Baptist?
(a) 5,934.
(b) 8,430.
(c) 4,271.
(d) 6,033.

7. In 1915, what destroyed cotton crops?
(a) Hurricane.
(b) Flooding.
(c) Boll weevil.
(d) Drought.

8. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how many children did the Hunters take with them when they moved to Chicago?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

9. In Ten: "The Northern Fever," how much did Mr. Henderson earn monthly working for the railroad?
(a) $150.
(b) $75.
(c) $100.
(d) $125.

10. When did the Stockyards Labor Council make plans to have black laborers join the meat packing workers' union?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1917.

11. 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) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

12. In Sixteen: "Last Straws, how many Poles grabbed a black man and told him to join the union or else?
(a) 4 to 5.
(b) 7 to 10.
(c) 8 to 11.
(d) 6 to 8.

13. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did Robert Horton have his barbershop?
(a) Movile.
(b) Meridian.
(c) Hattiesburg.
(d) Birmingham.

14. When did immigrants and blacks leave their Chicago homes to fight in the Great War?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1918.

15. What was the name of the union newspaper in 1919?
(a) Solidarity and Freedom.
(b) New Majority.
(c) Labor and Workers.
(d) Solidarity Press.

Short Answer Questions

1. When immigrant workers walked out of the Argo corn refinery, how many black non-union men marched in to take their places?

2. 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"?

3. What was the number of the union branch established in the Black Belt in Fifteen: "Tensions Rising"?

4. In 1917, how many homes were available for 664 applicants for housing?

5. What groups supported a Labor Party candidate for mayor in 1919?

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