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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nine: A Higher Call to Fourteen: Respectability and Respect.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people lived in Chicago in 1837?
(a) 3,143.
(b) 2,981.
(c) 5,122.
(d) 4,066.

2. Where did John Jones's mother send him to learn a trade?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Virginia.

3. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did Robert Horton have his barbershop?
(a) Movile.
(b) Hattiesburg.
(c) Meridian.
(d) Birmingham.

4. How many beaches were on the lake near Chicago in 1919?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

5. In Eight: "A Stone's Throw," how many years after the Civil War ended were the first blacks hired in Union Stock Yard?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1918, how many black migrants were settled into Chicago?

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

3. In Ten: "The Northern Fever," how much did Mr. Henderson earn monthly working for the railroad?

4. In Ten: "Northern Fever," what should Mrs. Hunter have gotten for her house?

5. Where was John Jones born?

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