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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Bonnie Laboring Boy, Three Strikes.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Slim Collier's father do before the Depression?
(a) Die work.
(b) Smelting.
(c) Landscaping.
(d) Copywriting.

3. What did the Wagner Act outlaw?
(a) Government money going to unions.
(b) Violent removal of striking workers.
(c) Employer firings of unionizing workers.
(d) Union organizers on private property.

4. What book does Terkel quote in the introduction to explain his purpose in writing this history?
(a) The Great Gatsby.
(b) Grapes of Wrath.
(c) Democracy in America.
(d) Les Miserables.

5. According to Harburg, who suffered most when the financial system collapsed?
(a) Those who thought it foolproof.
(b) Black people.
(c) The financial giants.
(d) Those who were poor already.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advertising outlet did William Benton exploit, making him his fortune?

2. In Man and Boy, what does Clifford Burke credit with black men's survival in the Depression?

3. What industry did Jose Yglesia attempt to unionize?

4. Where did some vets stay in Washington, DC during the Bonus March besides the Hoovervilles?

5. Why was the Michigan governor Frank Murphy branded weak-willed regarding the sit-in strike?

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