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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. What did Jane Yoder consider a luxury during the Depression?
(a) A trip to the movies.
(b) A hot meal.
(c) A bed.
(d) A new sweater.

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

3. What happened that made Robin Langston realize a crisis had begun in the country?
(a) His friend's father killed himself.
(b) He had to miss days of school.
(c) His lights were turned off.
(d) His family stopped eating meat.

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

5. According to Marshall and Steve , the young intellectuals of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, what became ingrained in American society as a result of the Depression?
(a) Racism.
(b) Consumerism.
(c) Isolationism.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did many of Arthur Robinson's friends say was the only reason to have money?

3. In God Bless' the Child, Slim Collier discusses what effect created by job loss in America?

4. What is Cesar Chavez best known as?

5. What did Slim Collier's father do before the Depression?

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