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

2. Which famous American film critic is interviewed in Hard Travelin'?
(a) Vincent Canby.
(b) Gene Siskel.
(c) Roger Ebert.
(d) Pauline Kael.

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

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

5. What strange job does Terkel get right after college?
(a) Radio performer.
(b) Circus booker.
(c) Advertising copy editor.
(d) Dustbin salesman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the one black student in Terkel's college class?

3. What did Blackie Gold do in the CCC during the Depression?

4. According to Terkel, what increased among patrons of his parent's business after the Crash?

5. In Hard Travelin', what does Peggy Terry think would happen if another Depression happened today?

(see the answer key)

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