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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 unorthodox job did Phyllis Mortimer take when her family fell short of money in the 1930's?
(a) Chorus diver in movies.
(b) Card girl at boxing matches.
(c) Switchboard operator for an advertising firm.
(d) Door girl for a speakeasy.

2. Where did some vets stay in Washington, DC during the Bonus March besides the Hoovervilles?
(a) The slept in front of the White House.
(b) They occupied federal buildings.
(c) They slept in train stations.
(d) They set up tents in the National Mall.

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

4. What product did Benton manage after the Depression?
(a) The Boston Globe.
(b) Corn Flakes.
(c) Volkswagen.
(d) Muzak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous Depression tune did Yip Harburg write?

2. What does Diane personally think about the suffering of the 1930's in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

3. What does Jimmy Partland say is the importance of a job?

4. What industry did Jose Yglesia attempt to unionize?

5. Why did Martin DeVries hate Roosevelt?

(see the answer key)

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