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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In July of 1919, how many people did the Chicago Tribune say could go to the beaches?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 145,000.
(c) 180,000.
(d) 275,000.

3. What was the weather like on the day that John Turner Harris's life changed?
(a) Cool and windy.
(b) Thunderstorms.
(c) Extremely hot.
(d) Partly sunny.

4. How far away was a white man throwing rocks at John and his friends on the raft?
(a) 75 feet.
(b) 90 feet.
(c) 70 feet.
(d) 100 feet.

5. When did Ferdinand Barnett start the first black newspaper in Chicago?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1878.
(d) 1879.

6. Where did Gustavius Franklin Swift start his company?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) Cape Cod.
(d) Denver.

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

8. How many people lived in Chicago in 1837?
(a) 4,066.
(b) 2,981.
(c) 5,122.
(d) 3,143.

9. When did Michael Donnelly end the strike he called in Eight: "A Stone's Throw"?
(a) October 11, 1904.
(b) October 3, 1904.
(c) September 23, 1904.
(d) September 8, 1904.

10. In One: "The Beach," what time did John met up with his friends?
(a) 3 p.m.
(b) 3:30 p.m.
(c) 2 p.m.
(d) 2:30 p.m.

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

12. Where was Eugene Williams born?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) South Carollina.
(d) Georgia.

13. How old was John Harris in 1919 when he went swimming with his friends?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

14. How far were the city stockyards from John's home?
(a) About 3 miles.
(b) A few miles.
(c) A few blocks.
(d) About half a mile.

15. What was the name of a black barber who claimed to have shaved Chicago's first mayor and President Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Wyatt Jones.
(b) Lewis Isbel.
(c) Andrew Miller.
(d) Davy Philipps.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Swift move to Chicago?

2. On July 27, 1919, how much higher was the temperature than usual?

3. When did Anatanas Kaztauskis come to Chicago from Lithuania?

4. In 1919, what nieghborhood was bordered by Pershing to the north, Wentworth to the east, and Halstead to the west?

5. In what month did a race riot begin in 1919?

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