The 42nd Parallel | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

pgs. 1-21

1. What is the 42nd parallel about?

The lives of ordinary Americans living in and trapped by the time period in which they live.

2. Who is the Commanding General?

Miles.

3. What is the opening newsreel clip about?

The closing of Capital City's Century.

4. In the news clip about Harrison's speech, what does the toast celebrate?

The dominance of America and American thought.

5. Who walks along a cobblestone path in the Camera Eye segment?

Dos Passos.

6. What is Mac's real name?

Fainy McCreary.

7. When Mac is a child, what is he afraid of?

Bullies.

8. What is the safest place to play for Mac when he is a child?

Backyard of a frame house.

9. What does Mac's father do for a living at Chadwick Mills?

Night watchman.

10. Whose death forces Mac's family to move to Chicago?