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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. What could be smelled in John's family home?
(a) Fishy garbage.
(b) Animal blood.
(c) Garbage baking on the sidewalk.
(d) Burnt street meat and smoke.

2. Who was the policeman working the 29th Street beach when John and his friends had rocks thrown at them?
(a) Officer William Morrison.
(b) Officer Mick O'Malley.
(c) Officer Daniel Callahan.
(d) Officer Peter O'Halloran.

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

4. What was the name of the Chicago neighborhood where the Urban League Offices were located in 1919?
(a) Black Belt.
(b) Albany Park.
(c) River North.
(d) Irving Park.

5. In Three: "Freedom," what trade did John Jones learn?
(a) Farrier.
(b) Surveyor.
(c) Tailor.
(d) Blacksmith.

Short Answer Questions

1. In One: "The Beach," what was the date that changed John Turner Harri's life?

2. When did Ferdinand Barnett start the first black newspaper in Chicago?

3. In One: "The Beach," how many blacks angered whites whey they went to the 29th Street beach and laid down on the sand?

4. In what direction were John and his friends from the fight on the 29th Street beach?

5. What hours did Kaztauskis work his first day at the stockyards?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Ida B. Wells?

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

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

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

5. Who was Ferdinand Barnett?

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

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

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

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

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

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