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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Old Families, Member of the Chorus, High Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Bob Leary's father do during much of the Depression to avoid going crazy?
(a) Have an affair.
(b) Redo the upholstery of a car.
(c) Fish at a nearby lake.
(d) Paint a house.

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

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

5. What did Terkel seek out en route to his university?
(a) Huey Long's home district.
(b) His high school sweetheart.
(c) A real American Hooverville.
(d) The blues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would hobos put marks on people's houses with chalk?

2. Why did Win Stracke lose his work as a balladeer?

3. According to a quotation in the Introduction, what was the typical response to receiving a pink slip during the beginning of the Depression?

4. How does Diana Morgan describe herself at the beginning of her interview?

5. According to Doc Graham, what was the only good thing Roosevelt did?

(see the answer key)

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