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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. At the end of Seventeen: "Race Riot, how many of those who attacked blacks were arrested?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 0.

2. In Ten: "Northern Fever," what should Mrs. Hunter have gotten for her house?
(a) $1,300.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $1,400.
(d) $1,200.

3. In 1917, how many were on the Chicago Real Estate Board committee to keep blacks out of certain neighborhoods?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

4. How many copies of the Defender did Robert Horton have delivered to his barbershop in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) 45.
(b) 30-40.
(c) 40-50.
(d) 25.

5. In 1917, what was the number of the Polish and Lithuanian union Local?
(a) 554.
(b) 205.
(c) 411.
(d) 693.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the football, track, and baseball star who traveled from Minneapolis to sign up with the Eight Infantry Regiment?

2. When did the union organize the people of Packingtown to tell their story to the judge appointed by President Wilson?

3. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did Robert Horton have his barbershop?

4. When did the Stockyards Labor Council make plans to have black laborers join the meat packing workers' union?

5. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," how many people turned out to hear union leaders announce a judge's decision regarding workers in Packingtown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the goal of the Chicago Real Estate Board and how did they try to achieve their goals?

2. Why did blacks help elect Republican William Thompson as mayor in 1915?

3. How did the Urban League and YMCA help blacks adapt to life in Chicago in Eleven: "A Real Place for Negroes"?

4. What happened in the Black Belt at the end of Seventeen: "Race Riot"?

5. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how did the police in Hattiesburg try to stop the blacks from leaving the South and why did they wish to keep the blacks in the South?

6. Between 1915 and 1917, why did many southern blacks find themselves out of work?

7. In 1917 what call did President Woodrow Wilson make and how did immigrants and blacks respond?

8. What happened when the early shifts at the Stock Yard ended mid-afternoon in Seventeen: "Race Riot"?

9. How did Mayor Thompson react regarding the riot in Seventeen: "Race Riot"?

10. In Thirteen: "Full to Bursting," why could blacks not move to different areas than the Black Belt?

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