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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. Where was Eugene Williams born?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carollina.

2. When did Gustavus Swift die?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1911.

3. When was a slave catcher killed during the Christiana Resistance?
(a) 1851.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1849.

4. When did Ferdinand Barnett start the first black newspaper in Chicago?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1878.

5. In July of 1919, how many people did the Chicago Tribune say could go to the beaches?
(a) 145,000.
(b) 275,000.
(c) 180,000.
(d) 250,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many friends did John meet with in One: "The Beach"?

2. How many playgrounds were in Chicago in 1919?

3. What were the dimensions of the raft that John and his friends built?

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

5. When did Illinois strike down its Black Laws?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Packingtown like in Seven: "Parallel Universes"?

5. In 1919, where could people go outside and what could to they do?

6. When was the first strike called at the stockyards and how successful was it?

7. Where there segregation laws in Chicago in 1919?

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

9. What were the only ways that Chicagoans could keep cool in the type of heat wave that was occurring in July of 1919?

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

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