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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Ed Paulson when he took to the road?
(a) 40.
(b) 14.
(c) 20.
(d) 33.

2. Why was Ward James fired from his job in the 1930's?
(a) Incompetence.
(b) Lack of money to pay him.
(c) Union activity.
(d) Drinking on the job.

3. What did Harry Hartman do in the 1930's when he felt bad for the indebted people he was serving?
(a) He would say they were not home.
(b) He would buy them a taxi to a shelter.
(c) He would give them the address of a Worker's Alliance.
(d) He would leave some belongings behind.

4. What food staple did Virginia press dispensaries to open during the Depression?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Corn.
(c) Pork.
(d) Milk.

5. In what scant costume did Sally Rand enter the Beaux Arts ball?
(a) Eve.
(b) Messalina.
(c) Lady Godiva.
(d) Artemis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What memory makes Elsa Ponselle laugh during her interview in Public Servant-The City?

2. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what did coal companies often pay instead of money?

3. With what assertion does David Kennedy say he disagrees regarding Roosevelt?

4. What did Jane Yoder consider a luxury during the Depression?

5. Where did Arthur Robinson keep thousands of dollars during the bank holiday?

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