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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Public Servant - The City, Evictions, Arrests and Other Running Sores.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did an industrialist ask Gordon Baxter to destroy for him?
(a) A union card.
(b) Dossiers on his workers.
(c) Anti-union pamphlets.
(d) A cudgel used to kill a union leader.

2. What did Slim Collier's father do before the Depression?
(a) Landscaping.
(b) Die work.
(c) Smelting.
(d) Copywriting.

3. What did Jane Yoder consider a luxury during the Depression?
(a) A bed.
(b) A hot meal.
(c) A trip to the movies.
(d) A new sweater.

4. Who was the one black student in Terkel's college class?
(a) Medgar Evers.
(b) An ancestor of Frederick Douglass.
(c) Marcus Garvey's grandson.
(d) An African prince.

5. What is Cesar Chavez best known as?
(a) A poet.
(b) An entertainer.
(c) A labor organizer.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Martin DeVries hate Roosevelt?

2. How old was Ed Paulson when he took to the road?

3. According to Fred Thompson, what did Wobblies constantly have to prove they were not?

4. How does Dr. Martin Bickham recommend his employers help struggling Americans during the Depression?

5. What change to the ticket structure did the Schaffner Players make after the 1929 Crash?

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