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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. How far were the city stockyards from John's home?
(a) About 3 miles.
(b) A few miles.
(c) A few blocks.
(d) About half a mile.

2. When did Providence Hospital and nursing school for black women open?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1891.

3. What was the last name of John's friends?
(a) Davison.
(b) Andrews.
(c) Martin.
(d) Williams.

4. On July 27, 1919, what did temperatures soar to by the height of the day?
(a) 96 degrees.
(b) 97 degrees.
(c) 99 degrees.
(d) 98 degrees.

5. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many languages did an observer note were used by the various Catholic churches?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. In July of 1919, how many people did the Chicago Tribune say could go to the beaches?

2. How many people lived in Chicago in 1837?

3. In 1919, what nieghborhood was bordered by Pershing to the north, Wentworth to the east, and Halstead to the west?

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

5. How did John and his friends get partway to the beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Gustavus Swift change the meat packing industry?

2. Who was Ida B. Wells?

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

4. In the Prologue, what rage had been building in Chicago and how had it started?

5. Why did the lives of blacks get more difficult in the 1850s, and what was something that they did about it?

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

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

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

9. What was the job of a cattle butcher in Six: "Waste Matters"?

10. Who did John go to the beach with on July 27, 1919, and how did they get to the beach?

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