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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many blacks were employed at the Yard in 1918?
(a) About 11,000.
(b) More than 10,000.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 13,000.

2. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did Robert Horton have his barbershop?
(a) Meridian.
(b) Hattiesburg.
(c) Movile.
(d) Birmingham.

3. In 1910, what percent of blacks were living in the South?
(a) 90%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 35%.

4. How tall was the Chicago Illinois Central station vaulted ceiling in the waiting room?
(a) 60 feet.
(b) 45 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 75 feet.

5. In Ten: "Northern Fever," what should Mrs. Hunter have gotten for her house?
(a) $1,300.
(b) $1,200.
(c) $1,400.
(d) $1,000.

6. In 1919, what percent of the vote did Thompson gain to be reelected as mayor of Chicago?
(a) 73.
(b) 64.
(c) 59.
(d) 38.

7. In Sixteen: "Last Straws, how many Poles grabbed a black man and told him to join the union or else?
(a) 8 to 11.
(b) 7 to 10.
(c) 4 to 5.
(d) 6 to 8.

8. When did immigrants and blacks leave their Chicago homes to fight in the Great War?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1915.

9. What was the circulation of the Chicago Defender in 1919?
(a) 33,000.
(b) 90,000.
(c) 130,000.
(d) 44,000.

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

11. Who did President Wilson appoint to arbitrate any disputes between packers and the union?
(a) Judge Samuel Alschuler.
(b) Judge William Poluski.
(c) Judge David Michaels.
(d) Judge Thomas Brighton.

12. How much were teachers paid monthly in Chicago in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) $35.
(b) $25.
(c) $30.
(d) $40.

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

14. When was Jesse Binga the target of two bombs?
(a) March 1919.
(b) April 1919.
(c) February 1919.
(d) May 1919.

15. During the Great War, how many aircraft engines needed to be produced in two years?
(a) About 17,000.
(b) 16,700.
(c) Nearly 18,000.
(d) 11,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Chicago's all-black Eight Infantry Regiment prepare to leave for the war?

2. On June 30, where were two brothers chased from?

3. What group did not like Big Bill because of his anti-catholic propaganda?

4. When did a Mrs. Hunter tell her son to move North for better wages in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

5. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," how many people turned out to hear union leaders announce a judge's decision regarding workers in Packingtown?

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