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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not an implement that interviewers in The March say was used to disperse marchers?
(a) Water cannon.
(b) Bayonets.
(c) Guns.
(d) Tear gas.

2. What did Terkel's parents do for a living before the Depression?
(a) They worked a farm.
(b) They were actuaries.
(c) They worked for a newspaper.
(d) They ran a hotel.

3. In his interview, Doc Graham says that in the 1930's he was the country's best what?
(a) Pitch man.
(b) Door-to-door salesman.
(c) Con man.
(d) Bootlegger.

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

5. What young officer assisted MacArthur in dispersing the Bonus Marchers?
(a) Curtis LeMay.
(b) George Patton.
(c) John Kennedy.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

6. What did Arthur Robinson do before entering the financial markets?
(a) He was a war correspondent.
(b) He was a tobacco picker.
(c) He was a school teacher.
(d) He was an actor.

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

8. 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.

9. In Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, where do Lily, Rob and Buck hear about the Depression?
(a) Their school.
(b) Television.
(c) Their grandparents.
(d) Their parents.

10. Who were the "service department" of Detroit?
(a) Hired thugs working for management.
(b) The government officers who were on the company payroll.
(c) The series of vendors who provided food for strikers.
(d) The strike organizers.

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

12. Where does the sit in of Three Strikes take place?
(a) A cigarette manufactuing plant.
(b) A Rockefeller steel mill.
(c) A Ford auto plant.
(d) A locally owned cloth factory.

13. Which famous American film critic is interviewed in Hard Travelin'?
(a) Roger Ebert.
(b) Vincent Canby.
(c) Pauline Kael.
(d) Gene Siskel.

14. On what does Dr. David J. Rossman think modern Americans rely too heavily?
(a) Alchohol and drugs.
(b) The government.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Medication.

15. How many people does Terkel Interview in this introduction?
(a) 0.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the one black student in Terkel's college class?

2. Where did some vets stay in Washington, DC during the Bonus March besides the Hoovervilles?

3. What promise did Upton Sinclair make to his supporters during his run for governor of California?

4. What recollection does Diana Morgan have that draws tears from her?

5. According to Harburg, who suffered most when the financial system collapsed?

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