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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. Why was the Michigan governor Frank Murphy branded weak-willed regarding the sit-in strike?
(a) He came out in support of the union.
(b) He did not send in troops.
(c) He refused to comment on the strike.
(d) He disappeared from public after condemning the strike.

2. What did Blackie Gold do in the CCC during the Depression?
(a) He performed on the radio.
(b) He maintained national forests.
(c) He assessed people on relief.
(d) He wrote for a national labor journal.

3. How does E.D. Nixon's campaign to unionize the sleeping car porters end?
(a) Only NIxon's train line is unionized.
(b) They are all fired.
(c) The porters are given a vote and they vote against the union.
(d) The union is instituted.

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

5. What was the occupational community of which Jimmy Partland was a part, that lent back and forth regularly?
(a) Jazz musicians.
(b) Writers.
(c) Auto workers.
(d) Corn growers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Harburg work before the Depression?

2. What job does Paulson eventually get after educating himself?

3. What promise did Upton Sinclair make to his supporters during his run for governor of California?

4. What happened that made Robin Langston realize a crisis had begun in the country?

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

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