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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In April of 1919, how many bombs exploded?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

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"?
(a) $2 per day.
(b) $3 per day.
(c) $8 a week.
(d) $5 a week.

6. When did the union organize the people of Packingtown to tell their story to the judge appointed by President Wilson?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1919.

7. How much did Mrs.Hunter sell her house for in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) $650.
(b) $500.
(c) $700.
(d) $800.

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

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

10. When did Chicago's all-black Eight Infantry Regiment prepare to leave for the war?
(a) December.
(b) November.
(c) September.
(d) October.

11. When did Langston Hughes arrive in Chicago?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1919.

12. What was the number of the Chicago Irish Regiment in World War I?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Ninth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Seventh.

13. In 1916, how much profit did Louis Swift clear?
(a) $20 million.
(b) $11 million.
(c) $9 million.
(d) $13 million.

14. When did the Chicago Defender recommend that Southern blacks come North for employment?
(a) June 1915.
(b) March 1916.
(c) September 1918.
(d) February 1917.

15. When did Judge Alschuler increase wages in the packing industry for a second time?
(a) March 1919.
(b) April 1919.
(c) February 1919.
(d) January 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. What police department in Ten: "Northern Fever" blocked all the train depots to stop blacks from purchasing tickets?

2. In 1919, when did a group of boys scuffle in Washington Park?

3. How much were teachers paid monthly in Chicago in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

4. What was Richard E. Parker's occupation?

5. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how many children did the Hunters take with them when they moved to Chicago?

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