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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. What does Diane, the young journalist in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, resent about her parent's fixation on the Depression?
(a) It ignores the political reality of the events.
(b) It ignores the racial reality of the events.
(c) It demeans her life experience.
(d) They refuse to speak frankly to her about it.

2. What advertising outlet did William Benton exploit, making him his fortune?
(a) Radio advertising.
(b) Sponsoring shorts before films.
(c) Billboards.
(d) Direct mail.

3. In what war did the Bonus marchers fight?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Spanish American War.
(d) The Crimean War.

4. Peggy Terry says in Hard Travelin' that what disappeared from her life during the Depression?
(a) Her family.
(b) Racism.
(c) Hope.
(d) Her sense of patriotism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What inversion of racial relationships happened regarding Robin Langston's father during the Depression?

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

3. What happened that made Robin Langston realize a crisis had begun in the country?

4. Where did Harburg work before the Depression?

5. Why did Martin DeVries hate Roosevelt?

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