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

2. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many saloons were on Whiskey Row?
(a) More than 500.
(b) 510.
(c) About 490.
(d) 380.

3. What street car ran from north to south in Chicago in 1919?
(a) 47th Street.
(b) 43rd Street.
(c) Pershing.
(d) State Street.

4. What was the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Michigan.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was John Jones elected to political office?

3. In One: "The Beach," what time did John met up with his friends?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Ferdinand Barnett?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who was Ida B. Wells?

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

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

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