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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 John Harris in 1919 when he went swimming with his friends?

2. Where was Eugene Williams born?

3. How many people lived in Chicago in 1837?

4. How far were the city stockyards from John's home?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Ferdinand Barnett?

2. How did Gustavus Swift change the meat packing industry?

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

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

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

6. When was the first strike called at the stockyards and how successful was it?

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

8. Who was Ida B. Wells?

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

10. Where there segregation laws in Chicago in 1919?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gustavus Swift entered the butchering process as an apprentice in 1855. He went on to become one of the major meat packers at Chicago's Union Stock Yard. What goals did Swift have? What problems did he have to solve to meet his goals? How did he have to use ingenuity to solve his problems?

Essay Topic 2

Many black men fought in the Great War. What did black men experience when they fought in the war? How did the experiences that they had affect their expectations of life when they returned home?

Essay Topic 3

A Few Red Drops is the story of a race riot in Chicago in 1919. Why is this a non-fiction, historical book rather than historical fiction?

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