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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fifteen: Tension Rising to Seventeen: Race Riot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Robert Abbott establish the Chicago Defender?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1903.

2. What was the name of the football, track, and baseball star who traveled from Minneapolis to sign up with the Eight Infantry Regiment?
(a) Dan McDaniels.
(b) Bob Wilson.
(c) Robert Wiley.
(d) Sam Ransom.

3. In 1837, how many blacks lived in Chicago?
(a) 62.
(b) 84.
(c) 77.
(d) 103.

4. What was the name of the man who killed Eugene Williams?
(a) Steven Davis.
(b) John Martin.
(c) George Stauber.
(d) Daniel Wyatt.

5. Who was the policeman working the 29th Street beach when John and his friends had rocks thrown at them?
(a) Officer William Morrison.
(b) Officer Peter O'Halloran.
(c) Officer Mick O'Malley.
(d) Officer Daniel Callahan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In One: "The Beach," how many blacks angered whites whey they went to the 29th Street beach and laid down on the sand?

2. What were the dimensions of the raft that John and his friends built?

3. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how many children did the Hunters take with them when they moved to Chicago?

4. In 1910, what percent of blacks were living in the South?

5. What is the name of the lake near Chicago?

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