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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: God Bless' the Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the occupational community of which Jimmy Partland was a part, that lent back and forth regularly?
(a) Auto workers.
(b) Corn growers.
(c) Writers.
(d) Jazz musicians.

2. What advertising outlet did William Benton exploit, making him his fortune?
(a) Sponsoring shorts before films.
(b) Billboards.
(c) Direct mail.
(d) Radio advertising.

3. How many people does Terkel Interview in this introduction?
(a) 5.
(b) 0.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

4. What term best describes the nature of the changes that happened after the 1929 Crash, from Terkel's perspective?
(a) Gradual.
(b) Devastating.
(c) Sudden.
(d) Nonexistent.

5. Why would hobos put marks on people's houses with chalk?
(a) To protest the banks' foreclosing on them.
(b) To tell other hobos if the people are good.
(c) To say hello to loved ones.
(d) To track the places they have been.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diane, the young journalist in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, resent about her parent's fixation on the Depression?

2. In Man and Boy, what does Clifford Burke credit with black men's survival in the Depression?

3. What is Cesar Chavez best known as?

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

5. What famous Depression tune did Yip Harburg write?

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