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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 many friends did John meet with in One: "The Beach"?

2. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many saloons were on Whiskey Row?

3. What could be smelled in John's family home?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Ferdinand Barnett?

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

4. What type of work did Irishmen perform when the Chicago canal was built?

5. Why did John and his friends run to the beach after hitching a ride?

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

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

8. Who was Ida B. Wells?

9. What was the work of women like in Seven: "Parallel Universes"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were tensions among the different unions and the races they represented. Why were unions mostly unsuccessful in getting blacks to join? What role did the work of the unions play in racial tensions in the early 1900s?

Essay Topic 2

The man who threw a rock at Eugene Williams was not arrested, even though he was still standing on the beach. How did police treat white and black offenders? How did the police discriminate against black offenders and victims?

Essay Topic 3

Ida Wells-Barnett believed that it was necessary to be as “alert as the watchman on the wall” (34). Under what circumstances did Barnett make that comment? What did she mean by that comment? What is revealed about the challenges of equality for blacks by her statement?

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