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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Food and Drink.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Housing," how did apartments turn into vertical versions of tenements?
(a) Cruel landlords.
(b) Shoddy construction practices.
(c) Animals indoors were commonplace.
(d) Noxious air indoors.

2. What major problem did window screening help with in the late 1800s?
(a) Privacy.
(b) Light control.
(c) Insects.
(d) Drafts.

3. After the Civil War, how did the isolation of the endless prairie affect many homesteaders?
(a) It led to several trips a year to the cities.
(b) It caused people to have large families.
(c) It caused people to live in groups.
(d) It led to depression.

4. Why did meat deteriorate so quickly in the late 1800s?
(a) The cows were poorly fed.
(b) It was injected with coloring dye.
(c) It was injected with hormones.
(d) It was left to hang outdoors.

5. According to Bettmann, what percentage of New Yorkers lived in the slums between 1868 and 1875?
(a) Thirty percent.
(b) Twenty-five percent.
(c) Ten Percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hours did Steward demand his employees work?

2. Why did winter pose a health problem to those on the frontier according to Bettmann in "Rural Life"?

3. What percentage of a working man's income did streetcar fares account for?

4. According to Bettmann in "Food and Drink," what percentage of people in prison were alcoholics?

5. How did parents react to child labor in the late 1800s?

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