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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 does Jimmy Partland say is the importance of a job?
(a) To make one feel useful.
(b) To stimulate growth.
(c) To promote innovation.
(d) To keep people out of trouble.

2. What advertising outlet did William Benton exploit, making him his fortune?
(a) Billboards.
(b) Radio advertising.
(c) Direct mail.
(d) Sponsoring shorts before films.

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

4. How old was Ed Paulson when he took to the road?
(a) 20.
(b) 14.
(c) 33.
(d) 40.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Martin DeVries hate Roosevelt?

2. What did Jane Yoder consider a luxury during the Depression?

3. Where did Arthur Robinson keep thousands of dollars during the bank holiday?

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

5. What unorthodox job did Phyllis Mortimer take when her family fell short of money in the 1930's?

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