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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. What was "bogus butter"?
(a) Butter that was made from mashed potatoes, bleach or hog fat.
(b) Butter that the poor ate.
(c) Butter that was made from swill milk.
(d) Margarine.

2. What was "swill" milk?
(a) Milk from cows that were fed waste.
(b) Milk that was used for medicinal purposes.
(c) Milk from goats.
(d) Milk that had gone bad.

3. In the late 19th century, where was New York's shantytown?
(a) Downtown.
(b) Near the industrial neighborhood.
(c) On the outskirts of the city.
(d) Near the railway station.

4. According to Bettmann in "Housing," why did people keep their windows closed even in the heat of summer?
(a) To keep out the stench from the street.
(b) For privacy.
(c) To protect themselves from intruders.
(d) The windows didn't open.

5. In what decade was window screening introduced?
(a) 1900s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1880s.
(d) 1890s.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Rural Life," why would many young girls leave the country for the promise of the city?

2. What kind of problem did the El Train have initially?

3. According to Bettmann in "Food and Drink," the frontier diet was dominated by what single food?

4. Traffic in the large American cities in the late 1800s was:

5. According to Bettmann in "Housing," how did apartments turn into vertical versions of tenements?

(see the answer key)

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