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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the occupational community of which Jimmy Partland was a part, that lent back and forth regularly?
(a) Writers.
(b) Jazz musicians.
(c) Corn growers.
(d) Auto workers.

2. In a quote in the Introduction, how does the speaker describe the socioeconomic relationship between blacks and whites during the Depression?
(a) There was no way of telling, things were so bad.
(b) Blacks and whites were about equal for the first time.
(c) Blacks were actually better off.
(d) Blacks were always worse off.

3. According to a quotation in the Introduction, what was the typical response to receiving a pink slip during the beginning of the Depression?
(a) Shame.
(b) Numbness.
(c) Bemusement.
(d) Pride.

4. What term best describes the nature of the changes that happened after the 1929 Crash, from Terkel's perspective?
(a) Devastating.
(b) Nonexistent.
(c) Gradual.
(d) Sudden.

5. How does Diana Morgan describe herself at the beginning of her interview?
(a) A southern belle.
(b) A lost cause.
(c) A woman of ill repute.
(d) A habitual instigator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the Michigan governor Frank Murphy branded weak-willed regarding the sit-in strike?

2. What demagogic figure of the 1930's did Dawn McCullough despise?

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

4. What unorthodox job did Phyllis Mortimer take when her family fell short of money in the 1930's?

5. What industry did Jose Yglesia attempt to unionize?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Bob La Follette?

2. How did Blackie Gold end up maintaining national forests in the 1930's?

3. What resources for the transient did Ed Paulson discover during the Depression?

4. How did William Benton make his fortune?

5. How did the Bonus March end?

6. How do interviewees who were young in the 1930's realize something bad happened in the country?

7. How was Robin Langston's family affected by the Depression?

8. What is Doc Graham's attitude toward Franklin Roosevelt?

9. What does Slim Collier's discussion of her father say about the effect unemployment has on men?

10. How did Yip Harburg find his way to making music?

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