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

2. What famous Depression tune did Yip Harburg write?
(a) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(b) Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries.
(c) Sixteen Tons.
(d) We're In the Money.

3. In Hard Travelin', what does Peggy Terry think would happen if another Depression happened today?
(a) The Soviets would take over.
(b) There would be widespread violence.
(c) We would rebound faster.
(d) All Republicans would be voted out.

4. Where did Harburg work before the Depression?
(a) University administration.
(b) Military services.
(c) Financial sector.
(d) Newpapers.

5. What industry did Jose Yglesia attempt to unionize?
(a) Cigar rollers.
(b) Pickers.
(c) Newspaper printers.
(d) Steelworkers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What inversion of racial relationships happened regarding Robin Langston's father during the Depression?

2. Which of the following is not an implement that interviewers in The March say was used to disperse marchers?

3. What food can Dorothe Bernstein not stand because of her days in an orphanage?

4. According to Terkel in the Introduction, what voice dominated the radio alongside Roosevelt's during the Depression?

5. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?

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