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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What inversion of racial relationships happened regarding Robin Langston's father during the Depression?
(a) He was allowed to join the pipe-fitters' union.
(b) He began hiring white workers.
(c) White neighbors hocked their radios to him.
(d) He was invited to move into a whites-only neighborhood.

3. According to Harburg, who suffered most when the financial system collapsed?
(a) Those who thought it foolproof.
(b) The financial giants.
(c) Those who were poor already.
(d) Black people.

4. In her interview, what does Diana Morgan say never interested her?
(a) Political struggle.
(b) The accumulation of money.
(c) Communism.
(d) The suffering of others.

5. What did the Wagner Act outlaw?
(a) Government money going to unions.
(b) Violent removal of striking workers.
(c) Employer firings of unionizing workers.
(d) Union organizers on private property.

6. Why was the Michigan governor Frank Murphy branded weak-willed regarding the sit-in strike?
(a) He did not send in troops.
(b) He disappeared from public after condemning the strike.
(c) He refused to comment on the strike.
(d) He came out in support of the union.

7. What food can Dorothe Bernstein not stand because of her days in an orphanage?
(a) Brussel sprouts.
(b) Beets.
(c) Pig's feet.
(d) Sardines.

8. Who was the one black student in Terkel's college class?
(a) An African prince.
(b) Medgar Evers.
(c) Marcus Garvey's grandson.
(d) An ancestor of Frederick Douglass.

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

10. In God Bless' the Child, Slim Collier discusses what effect created by job loss in America?
(a) Economic.
(b) Political.
(c) Moral.
(d) Psychological.

11. What did Bob Leary's father do during much of the Depression to avoid going crazy?
(a) Fish at a nearby lake.
(b) Paint a house.
(c) Have an affair.
(d) Redo the upholstery of a car.

12. 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 strike organizers.
(d) The series of vendors who provided food for strikers.

13. 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.

14. What is Cesar Chavez best known as?
(a) A poet.
(b) A labor organizer.
(c) A priest.
(d) An entertainer.

15. What did Blackie Gold do in the CCC during the Depression?
(a) He maintained national forests.
(b) He performed on the radio.
(c) He assessed people on relief.
(d) He wrote for a national labor journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the sit in of Three Strikes take place?

2. What young officer assisted MacArthur in dispersing the Bonus Marchers?

3. Which of the following is not a periodical mentioned by Terkel in the Introduction?

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

5. What was Bob La Follette before he ran for President?

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