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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When immigrant workers walked out of the Argo corn refinery, how many black non-union men marched in to take their places?
(a) 625.
(b) 600.
(c) 575.
(d) 550.

2. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," how much of the Yard's workforce was made up of black laborers?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 1/5.
(d) 1/4.

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

4. In 1916, how much canned beef did American meat packers export?
(a) 45 millions tons.
(b) 70 million tons.
(c) 80 million tons.
(d) 50 million tons.

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

6. How many blacks were employed at the Yard in 1918?
(a) More than 10,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 13,000.
(d) About 11,000.

7. What was the name of the football, track, and baseball star who traveled from Minneapolis to sign up with the Eight Infantry Regiment?
(a) Dan McDaniels.
(b) Sam Ransom.
(c) Robert Wiley.
(d) Bob Wilson.

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

9. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when did someone explode a bomb in a black family's home?
(a) July 1.
(b) July 17.
(c) July 3.
(d) July 9.

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

11. When was a novel published about Packingtown's crumbling, disease prone community?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1897.

12. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," how many people turned out to hear union leaders announce a judge's decision regarding workers in Packingtown?
(a) 29,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 68,000.
(d) 51,000.

13. How many bombs exploded in January 1919 on the doorsteps of real estate offices?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

14. 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) Wages would be frozen.
(c) Increased wages and overtime for anytime worked beyond eight hours in a day.
(d) Wages would be increased, but there would be no overtime pay.

15. 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) 11.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the war end?

3. When did Chicago's all-black Eight Infantry Regiment prepare to leave for the war?

4. At the end of Seventeen: "Race Riot, how many of those who attacked blacks were arrested?

5. When did Robert Abbott establish the Chicago Defender?

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