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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 6, Informal Social Connections.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Out of every dollar spent for leisure in 1929, how many cents went to club and fraternal dues?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

2. How many years did the Charity League of Dallas meet every Friday morning?
(a) 62.
(b) 39.
(c) 57.
(d) 46.

3. By what year did it become a struggle for VFW Post 2378 in Berwyn, Illinois, to pay taxes on the post hall?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1968.

4. In 1960, how many voting-age Americans went to the polls to choose between Kennedy and Nixon?
(a) 62.8 percent.
(b) 59.1 percent.
(c) 72.6 percent.
(d) 48.3 percent.

5. In what states did Philip Hammond survey churchgoers?
(a) Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada.
(b) North Carolina, Massachusetts, Ohio, and California.
(c) Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, FLorida.
(d) Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what time was there explosive growth in union membership?

2. By 1999, what was the average age of those who were members of the American Contract Bridge League?

3. Between 1986-86 and 1998-99, how much of a decline was there in the number of average Americans who made new friends?

4. Between 1970 and 1998, by how much did the number of full-service restaurants per one hundred thousand population fall?

5. In the late twentieth century, how many workers belonged to unions?

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