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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 many people lived in Chicago in 1837?
(a) 2,981.
(b) 5,122.
(c) 3,143.
(d) 4,066.
2. How far were the city stockyards from John's home?
(a) About half a mile.
(b) About 3 miles.
(c) A few miles.
(d) A few blocks.
3. When was Ferdinand Barnett born?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1858.
(d) 1856.
4. In 1919, what nieghborhood was bordered by Pershing to the north, Wentworth to the east, and Halstead to the west?
(a) Canaryville.
(b) Martinsville.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Bridgeport.
5. How old was John Harris in 1919 when he went swimming with his friends?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Ferdinand Barnett start the first black newspaper in Chicago?
2. What were the dimensions of the raft that John and his friends built?
3. In One: "The Beach," what was the date that changed John Turner Harri's life?
4. How many playgrounds were in Chicago in 1919?
5. What was the name of the Chicago neighborhood where the Urban League Offices were located in 1919?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of work did Irishmen perform when the Chicago canal was built?
2. Who did John go to the beach with on July 27, 1919, and how did they get to the beach?
3. In One: "The Beach," what was the weather and atmosphere like in John Harris's neighborhood?
4. What was the unspoken rule about beaches in Chicago?
5. What was Packingtown like in Seven: "Parallel Universes"?
6. Why did the lives of blacks get more difficult in the 1850s, and what was something that they did about it?
7. When was the first strike called at the stockyards and how successful was it?
8. What was the job of a cattle butcher in Six: "Waste Matters"?
9. Where did John and his friends have a special place for their own by the water?
10. In the Prologue, what rage had been building in Chicago and how had it started?
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