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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. Which of the following is not a periodical mentioned by Terkel in the Introduction?
(a) Literary Digest.
(b) The New Republic.
(c) Judge.
(d) Life.

2. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what was the state of coal miners before the Depression?
(a) Absurdly prosperous.
(b) A normal middle-class community.
(c) The same as during the Depression.
(d) Moderately well-to-do.

3. Where did Harburg work before the Depression?
(a) Newpapers.
(b) Military services.
(c) University administration.
(d) Financial sector.

4. Why did Win Stracke lose his work as a balladeer?
(a) His drinking.
(b) The oversaturation of the profession in the 1930's.
(c) His left-leaning views.
(d) His loss of a hand.

5. According to Emma Teiller, why did armed men enter a relief house in her neighborhood?
(a) To ensure that blacks were being fairly served.
(b) To keep an eye out for union organizers.
(c) To keep Japanese Americans out of it.
(d) To stop mobs threatening to burn it down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which movement sought to replace the American Federation of Labor in the 1930's?

2. As described in The Farmer Is the Man, how did a mob respond to a judge who was foreclosing on homes in Iowa?

3. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?

4. At the end of High Life, what does Judy blame for the Depression?

5. According to Harburg, who suffered most when the financial system collapsed?

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