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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eighteen: Ratcheting up to Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was a novel published about Packingtown's crumbling, disease prone community?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1897.

2. In 1917, what was the number of the Polish and Lithuanian union Local?
(a) 693.
(b) 554.
(c) 205.
(d) 411.

3. When did Chicago's all-black Eight Infantry Regiment prepare to leave for the war?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) November.

4. At the end of Nineteen: "Point-Counterpoint," who said that having blacks return to work on Monday was premature?
(a) Governor.
(b) Union leaders.
(c) City police chief.
(d) Mayor.

5. At the beginning of Eighteen: "Ratcheting Up," where did many blacks elect to spend the evening after dark?
(a) In churches.
(b) Front porches or steps.
(c) In their homes.
(d) At schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ferdinand Barnett marry Ida Wells?

2. When was John Jones elected to political office?

3. Where did John Jones's mother send him to learn a trade?

4. What nationality were the men who dug a canal in Chicago in Five: "White Negroes"?

5. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how much time were Southern black children allowed to attend school?

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