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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. Why would hobos put marks on people's houses with chalk?
(a) To say hello to loved ones.
(b) To protest the banks' foreclosing on them.
(c) To track the places they have been.
(d) To tell other hobos if the people are good.

2. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?
(a) Canada.
(b) A military post.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) A boarding school.

3. What is Cesar Chavez best known as?
(a) A labor organizer.
(b) A poet.
(c) An entertainer.
(d) A priest.

4. What did Slim Collier's father do before the Depression?
(a) Copywriting.
(b) Die work.
(c) Smelting.
(d) Landscaping.

5. What was the occupational community of which Jimmy Partland was a part, that lent back and forth regularly?
(a) Writers.
(b) Jazz musicians.
(c) Auto workers.
(d) Corn growers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous American film critic is interviewed in Hard Travelin'?

2. What did Arthur Robinson do before entering the financial markets?

3. In Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, where do Lily, Rob and Buck hear about the Depression?

4. What does Diane personally think about the suffering of the 1930's in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

5. According to Terkel in the Introduction, what voice dominated the radio alongside Roosevelt's during the Depression?

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