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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The Big Money, Man and Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Terkel in the Introduction, what voice dominated the radio alongside Roosevelt's during the Depression?
(a) Alf Landon.
(b) Father Coughlin.
(c) Doctor Townsend.
(d) Huey Long.

2. How did Jim Sheridan travel to the Bonus March?
(a) He walked the whole way.
(b) He hitched rides.
(c) He rode a boxcar.
(d) He joined a caravan of jalopies.

3. In Hard Travelin', Peggy Terry says that America teaches people that poverty is what?
(a) A mark of holiness.
(b) A personal failing.
(c) A sin.
(d) A birthright.

4. Who was the one black student in Terkel's college class?
(a) Marcus Garvey's grandson.
(b) Medgar Evers.
(c) An ancestor of Frederick Douglass.
(d) An African prince.

5. What did many of Arthur Robinson's friends say was the only reason to have money?
(a) To give to the poor.
(b) To make more money.
(c) To provide for one's family.
(d) To have influence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?

2. Where did Harburg work before the Depression?

3. In a quote in the Introduction, how does the speaker describe the socioeconomic relationship between blacks and whites during the Depression?

4. Peggy Terry says in Hard Travelin' that what disappeared from her life during the Depression?

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

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