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

2. How did Frank Czerwonka's mother make money during the Depression?
(a) She ran a speakeasy.
(b) She refurbished sofas.
(c) She was a prostitute.
(d) She made pastries.

3. According to a quotation in the Introduction, what was the typical response to receiving a pink slip during the beginning of the Depression?
(a) Numbness.
(b) Shame.
(c) Bemusement.
(d) Pride.

4. In Man and Boy, what does Clifford Burke credit with black men's survival in the Depression?
(a) Charity organizations.
(b) Their faith.
(c) The government.
(d) Their wives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Aaron Barkham informs the reader of what strange practice of certain clans within the Appalachian Ku Klux Klan?

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

3. What did an industrialist ask Gordon Baxter to destroy for him?

4. What controversial action did the Rural Rehabilitation Division undertake in the 1930's?

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

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