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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. What metaphor does Arthur Robinson use to describe Wall Street in the 1920's?
(a) A Roman orgy.
(b) A rigged casino.
(c) A candy store.
(d) A private club.

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

3. Why did Martin DeVries hate Roosevelt?
(a) Roosevelt came from money.
(b) Roosevelt tried to pack the court.
(c) Roosevelt attacked the free market system.
(d) Roosevelt got America into World War II.

4. What is Cesar Chavez best known as?
(a) An entertainer.
(b) A poet.
(c) A labor organizer.
(d) A priest.

5. On what does Dr. David J. Rossman think modern Americans rely too heavily?
(a) The government.
(b) Medication.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Alchohol and drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange job does Terkel get right after college?

2. What did Terkel seek out en route to his university?

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

4. In Hard Travelin', Peggy Terry says that America teaches people that poverty is what?

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

(see the answer key)

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