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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Scarlet Banners and Novenas, The Doctor, Huey and Mr. Smith, The Circuit Rider, The Gentleman from Kansas, A View of the Woods, Campus Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Depression, why did farmers systematically stop corn deliveries?
(a) To feed locals.
(b) To boost the price.
(c) The avoid the spread of colic.
(d) To highlight their struggle to survive.

2. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?
(a) A military post.
(b) Canada.
(c) A boarding school.
(d) An orphanage.

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

4. According to Emma Teiller, why did armed men enter a relief house in her neighborhood?
(a) To ensure that blacks were being fairly served.
(b) To keep Japanese Americans out of it.
(c) To stop mobs threatening to burn it down.
(d) To keep an eye out for union organizers.

5. What did an industrialist ask Gordon Baxter to destroy for him?
(a) A cudgel used to kill a union leader.
(b) A union card.
(c) Anti-union pamphlets.
(d) Dossiers on his workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What young officer assisted MacArthur in dispersing the Bonus Marchers?

2. What was the occupational community of which Jimmy Partland was a part, that lent back and forth regularly?

3. Corn farmers often switched to what agricultural product in the midst of the Depression?

4. What job does Paulson eventually get after educating himself?

5. What happened to one of Daisy Singer's favorite parks during the Depression?

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