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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Eugene Williams when he died?

2. When did Ferdinand Barnett marry Ida Wells?

3. Between what streets was the beach where John and his friends went?

4. By what date in Seven: "Parallel Universes," did one of every three babies in Packingtown die before the age of two?

5. What was the weather like on the day that John Turner Harris's life changed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who was Ferdinand Barnett?

7. Why did the lives of blacks get more difficult in the 1850s, and what was something that they did about it?

8. In One: "The Beach," what was the weather and atmosphere like in John Harris's neighborhood?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There was racial segregation in Chicago in 1919. How was segregation different in Chicago than in the South? What invisible lines of segregation were there in Chicago? In what way was Chicago as segregated as the South only manifested in different ways?

Essay Topic 2

Southern blacks were met at the train depot in Chicago by blacks and white who helped them assimilate into life in Chicago. What groups helped Southern blacks assimilate into life in Chicago? What did those efforts reveal about black solidarity?

Essay Topic 3

The riot ended in 1919, but it did not solve the problems that started it. What lessons were learned from the riot? What challenges remained after the riot? Are there still challenges that need to be address 100 years after the riot?

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