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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were newspaper canvassers?
(a) They were door-to-door surveyers for the census.
(b) They were door-to-door pollsters for the political candidate.
(c) They were door-to-door advertisement salesmen.
(d) They were door-to-door salesmen selling newspaper subscriptions.

2. What could happen to cause a miner to lose one or two days pay?
(a) A machinery breakdown or a fault.
(b) A broken elevator.
(c) A new training session.
(d) An over-scheduling mistake.

3. What does "one up, one down" mean?
(a) One ground floor, one basement.
(b) One room in front of another.
(c) One room on each storey.
(d) One room with a higher ceiling than the other.

4. How did unemployment affect the life of the married man?
(a) Unemployment drove men to drink.
(b) Unemployment encouraged men to do housework.
(c) Unemployment raised the crime rate.
(d) Unemployment did not make much difference in the home.

5. What was the most obvious sign of malnourishment in the families of the unemployed men?
(a) Bad eyesight.
(b) Bad speech.
(c) Bad teeth.
(d) Bad hearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was offered a very few of the miners in the better built mines?

2. In one town, what was built instead of public housing the town desperately needed?

3. What is "buttons down the back?"

4. What did many of the old timers believe about miners washing their legs?

5. According to Mrs. Brooker, who was "at Canada?"

(see the answer key)

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