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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ferdinand Barnett marry Ida Wells?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1890.

2. How many playgrounds were in Chicago in 1919?
(a) 82.
(b) 71.
(c) 63.
(d) 92.

3. How far away was a white man throwing rocks at John and his friends on the raft?
(a) 70 feet.
(b) 75 feet.
(c) 90 feet.
(d) 100 feet.

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 were the black bathers chased away?
(a) Men, women, and children throwing rocks.
(b) Police escorting them away.
(c) Men throwing rocks.
(d) A mob dragging them away.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1837, how many blacks lived in Chicago?

2. When was the Chicago harbor designated by the U.S. Congress as an official port of entry?

3. Who was the policeman working the 29th Street beach when John and his friends had rocks thrown at them?

4. What was the name of the area west of the Union Stock Yards and north of a park in 1919?

5. How old was Ferdinand Barnett when he opened his own law office?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did John and his friends run to the beach after hitching a ride?

2. Who was Ferdinand Barnett?

3. Where did John and his friends have a special place for their own by the water?

4. What type of work did Irishmen perform when the Chicago canal was built?

5. What were homes like in Seven: "Parallel Universes"?

6. Why were tension rising at the 29th Street beach on July 27, 1919?

7. Why did John not go home immediately after Eugene's death?

8. Where there segregation laws in Chicago in 1919?

9. What happened when the raft that John and his friends were using drifted near the 29th Street beach?

10. What was the unspoken rule about beaches in Chicago?

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