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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Ferdinand Barnett born?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1858.
(d) 1850.

2. In Three: "Freedom," what trade did John Jones learn?
(a) Farrier.
(b) Surveyor.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Tailor.

3. In Eight: "A Stone's Throw," when did Michael Donnelly organize a strike?
(a) August 11, 1904.
(b) August 14, 1904.
(c) July 12, 1904.
(d) July 1, 1904.

4. When did Swift move to Chicago?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1872.

5. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many saloons were on Whiskey Row?
(a) 380.
(b) More than 500.
(c) 510.
(d) About 490.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the black-owned Jesse Binga Bank opened?

2. Which of the boys was the first to get hit by rock in One: "The Beach"?

3. How were the black bathers chased away?

4. In what newspaper were the photographs published of people enjoying the beach in One: The Beach?

5. How old was John Harris in 1919 when he went swimming with his friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1919, where could people go outside and what could to they do?

2. What were homes like in Seven: "Parallel Universes"?

3. What was the job of a cattle butcher in Six: "Waste Matters"?

4. Where there segregation laws in Chicago in 1919?

5. Why did John not go home immediately after Eugene's death?

6. What were the only ways that Chicagoans could keep cool in the type of heat wave that was occurring in July of 1919?

7. Who did John go to the beach with on July 27, 1919, and how did they get to the beach?

8. What happened when the raft that John and his friends were using drifted near the 29th Street beach?

9. Why did John and his friends run to the beach after hitching a ride?

10. Where did John and his friends have a special place for their own by the water?

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