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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. In 1916, how much canned beef did American meat packers export?
(a) 70 million tons.
(b) 80 million tons.
(c) 50 million tons.
(d) 45 millions tons.

2. At the beginning of Part One, who wrote the lines of the poem quoted?
(a) Langsten Hughes.
(b) Gwendolyn Brooks.
(c) Paul Laurence Dunbar.
(d) Alice Walker.

3. In Six: "Waste Matters," what was John T. Joyce's job?
(a) Cattle butcher.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Day laborer.
(d) Street sweeper.

4. In Thirteen: "Full to Bursting," how many people did a rooming-house owner house in a three-month period?
(a) 473.
(b) 698.
(c) 504.
(d) 711.

5. What is the name of the lake near Chicago?
(a) Superior.
(b) Ontario.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Huron.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did most of the growth of the black population in the Black Belt occur?

2. When was Ferdinand Barnett born?

3. When did John Jones and Mary Richardson move to Chicago?

4. How old was John Harris in 1919 when he went swimming with his friends?

5. Where did John's family live in 1919?

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