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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 the Chicago Worker's Alliance protect against?
(a) Employer intimidation.
(b) Health violations.
(c) Evictions.
(d) Relief fraud.

2. What does Wilbur Kane remember most vividly about Franklin Roosevelt?
(a) His cufflinks.
(b) His smile.
(c) His tailcoats.
(d) His voice.

3. What did Bob Leary's father do during much of the Depression to avoid going crazy?
(a) Redo the upholstery of a car.
(b) Fish at a nearby lake.
(c) Paint a house.
(d) Have an affair.

4. What happened to Orrin Kelly after the incident with the Iowa judge?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) He had to flee town.
(c) He interviewed the leaders of the mob.
(d) He became judge of the county.

5. What did the Wagner Act outlaw?
(a) Employer firings of unionizing workers.
(b) Union organizers on private property.
(c) Violent removal of striking workers.
(d) Government money going to unions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Terkel seek out en route to his university?

2. Where did Harburg work before the Depression?

3. What accusation was made against Dr. Francis Townsend in his time?

4. In Hard Travelin', Peggy Terry says that America teaches people that poverty is what?

5. What public figure publicly raved about Jack Kirkland's play?

(see the answer key)

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