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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. Where did Arthur Robinson keep thousands of dollars during the bank holiday?
(a) In a coffee can.
(b) In a Swiss account.
(c) Under his mattress.
(d) In his sock.

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

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

4. What did Slim Collier's father do before the Depression?
(a) Die work.
(b) Smelting.
(c) Copywriting.
(d) Landscaping.

5. Who was the one black student in Terkel's college class?
(a) Marcus Garvey's grandson.
(b) An ancestor of Frederick Douglass.
(c) An African prince.
(d) Medgar Evers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the sit in of Three Strikes take place?

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

3. How did Jim Sheridan travel to the Bonus March?

4. What did the Wagner Act outlaw?

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

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