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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. In Hard Travelin', Peggy Terry says that America teaches people that poverty is what?
(a) A sin.
(b) A mark of holiness.
(c) A personal failing.
(d) A birthright.

2. What promise did Upton Sinclair make to his supporters during his run for governor of California?
(a) To create a work program.
(b) To secede from the US.
(c) To extract public money from industrialists.
(d) To end poverty in California.

3. What unorthodox job did Phyllis Mortimer take when her family fell short of money in the 1930's?
(a) Switchboard operator for an advertising firm.
(b) Door girl for a speakeasy.
(c) Card girl at boxing matches.
(d) Chorus diver in movies.

4. According to Terkel in the Introduction, what voice dominated the radio alongside Roosevelt's during the Depression?
(a) Doctor Townsend.
(b) Alf Landon.
(c) Huey Long.
(d) Father Coughlin.

5. Which famous American film critic is interviewed in Hard Travelin'?
(a) Vincent Canby.
(b) Roger Ebert.
(c) Gene Siskel.
(d) Pauline Kael.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Terkel's parents do for a living before the Depression?

2. What strange job does Terkel get right after college?

3. What was the occupational community of which Jimmy Partland was a part, that lent back and forth regularly?

4. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?

5. Where did Arthur Robinson keep thousands of dollars during the bank holiday?

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