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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 Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what did coal companies often pay instead of money?
(a) IOUs.
(b) Food rations.
(c) Company vouchers.
(d) Coal.

2. Why would hobos put marks on people's houses with chalk?
(a) To track the places they have been.
(b) To say hello to loved ones.
(c) To tell other hobos if the people are good.
(d) To protest the banks' foreclosing on them.

3. What book does Terkel quote in the introduction to explain his purpose in writing this history?
(a) The Great Gatsby.
(b) Les Miserables.
(c) Grapes of Wrath.
(d) Democracy in America.

4. In whose administration was David Kennedy the Secretary of the Treasury?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Kennedy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Roosevelt trying to prevent with the Bank Holiday?

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

3. What happened to Orrin Kelly after the incident with the Iowa judge?

4. What about modern America mystifies Diana Morgan?

5. At the end of High Life, what does Judy blame for the Depression?

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