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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. In what newspaper were the photographs published of people enjoying the beach in One: The Beach?
(a) Chicago Sun-Times.
(b) Chicago Examiner.
(c) Chicago Tribune.
(d) Chicago Eagle.

2. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did the police confiscate the Defender?
(a) Lauderdale.
(b) Meridian.
(c) Laurel.
(d) Sandersville.

3. In 1917, how many homes were available for 664 applicants for housing?
(a) 53.
(b) 48.
(c) 45.
(d) 50.

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

5. How many copies of the Defender did Robert Horton have delivered to his barbershop in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) 40-50.
(b) 30-40.
(c) 25.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Gustavus Swift die?

2. In 1919, when did a group of boys scuffle in Washington Park?

3. In Eight: "A Stone's Throw," when did Michael Donnelly organize a strike?

4. What was the name of the man who killed Eugene Williams?

5. When was a novel published about Packingtown's crumbling, disease prone community?

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