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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Three: Freedom Fight to Eight: A Stone's Throw.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what date in Seven: "Parallel Universes," did one of every three babies in Packingtown die before the age of two?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1907.

2. In what direction were John and his friends from the fight on the 29th Street beach?
(a) Southeast.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) South.

3. What was the name of the area west of the Union Stock Yards and north of a park in 1919?
(a) Bridgeport.
(b) Tavern Row.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Whiskey Row.

4. In 1870, how many blacks called Chicago home?
(a) About 2,900.
(b) 3,487.
(c) 5,293.
(d) Nearly 3,700.

5. When was a slave catcher killed during the Christiana Resistance?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1852.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the black bathers chased away?

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

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

4. Who was the policeman working the 29th Street beach when John and his friends had rocks thrown at them?

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

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