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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Robin Langston think his family was unaffected by the Depression?
(a) They never had money to begin with.
(b) Theirs was the most popular restaurant in town.
(c) They never bought on credit.
(d) Black communities were not affected by the Depression.

2. At the beginning of The Fine and Lively Arts, Hiram Sherman speaks glowingly of drinking covert gin out of what?
(a) Flasks.
(b) Soda bottles.
(c) Bowls.
(d) Teacups.

3. What product did Benton manage after the Depression?
(a) The Boston Globe.
(b) Volkswagen.
(c) Corn Flakes.
(d) Muzak.

4. In Three o'Clock in the Morning, Wilbur Kane's mother was bitter about the invasion of what?
(a) The Sudetanland
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Manchuria.
(d) Poland.

5. In Hard Travelin', Peggy Terry says that America teaches people that poverty is what?
(a) A sin.
(b) A personal failing.
(c) A birthright.
(d) A mark of holiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did a significant number of people flee public housing in 1949?

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

3. What moment excited Wilbur Kane to the point of mocking his German neighbors?

4. What does Edward Burgess discuss buying at the beginning of his interview in Merely Passing Through?

5. In Man and Boy, what does Clifford Burke credit with black men's survival in the Depression?

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