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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Public Servant - The City, Evictions, Arrests and Other Running Sores.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Orrin Kelly after the incident with the Iowa judge?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) He became judge of the county.
(c) He interviewed the leaders of the mob.
(d) He had to flee town.

2. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what did coal companies often pay instead of money?
(a) Coal.
(b) Food rations.
(c) Company vouchers.
(d) IOUs.

3. In 1930's Appalachia, what does the KKK assist in setting up?
(a) Progressive political rallies.
(b) UMW locals.
(c) Church raisings.
(d) Town hall meetings.

4. What term best describes the nature of the changes that happened after the 1929 Crash, from Terkel's perspective?
(a) Nonexistent.
(b) Devastating.
(c) Sudden.
(d) Gradual.

5. Why did a significant number of people flee public housing in 1949?
(a) The units were found to be unsafely constructed.
(b) The units were integrated.
(c) The war increased income across the board.
(d) The governement decreased funding to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of the red-baiting committee that investigated New Deal administrators in the 1930's?

2. What famous Depression tune did Yip Harburg write?

3. What was Bob La Follette before he ran for President?

4. What does the young man in the final interview of Arrests and Other Running Sores do for a living?

5. How did Jim Sheridan travel to the Bonus March?

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