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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. On July 27, 1919, what did temperatures soar to by the height of the day?

2. How many playgrounds were in Chicago in 1919?

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

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

5. Which of the boys was the first to get hit by rock in One: "The Beach"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were the only ways that Chicagoans could keep cool in the type of heat wave that was occurring in July of 1919?

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

4. Where there segregation laws in Chicago in 1919?

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

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

7. Why did John not go home immediately after Eugene's death?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When many Blacks fought in the Great War, jobs opened in Chicago, and many Southern whites migrated to Chicago. What challenges did Southern blacks have to overcome to even get to Chicago? What did they have to learn and what challenges did they have to overcome once they arrived in Chicago?

Essay Topic 2

Blacks gained the right to vote through the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. How did blacks use their power to vote? How did the blacks vote? What did the way that blacks voted convey about the power of the vote?

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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