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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Hard Travelin'.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Blackie Gold do in the CCC during the Depression?
(a) He wrote for a national labor journal.
(b) He performed on the radio.
(c) He assessed people on relief.
(d) He maintained national forests.

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

4. What famous Depression tune did Yip Harburg write?
(a) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(b) Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries.
(c) We're In the Money.
(d) Sixteen Tons.

5. How many people does Terkel Interview in this introduction?
(a) 12.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Ed Paulson when he took to the road?

2. What book does Terkel quote in the introduction to explain his purpose in writing this history?

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

4. In what war did the Bonus marchers fight?

5. Where did Harburg work before the Depression?

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