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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Rural Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bettmann in "Housing," where did poorer residents end up who could not afford tenements?
(a) Sleeping at railway stations.
(b) Homeless shelters.
(c) Boarding homes.
(d) On the outskirts of the city.

2. In the late 1800s, who was it that posed a threat to those on the frontier and instilled a sense of fear?
(a) Runaways.
(b) Tramps and various vagrants.
(c) Train robbers.
(d) Cattle thieves.

3. What was the main cause of lung irritation, vomiting and sickness for people in the large cities in the early 19th century?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Smoking tobacco.
(c) Industrial vapors.
(d) Food poisoning.

4. What percentage of a working man's income did streetcar fares account for?
(a) Two percent.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Twenty percent.
(d) Five percent.

5. To some, the time between the end of the Civil War and the early 1900s was known as what?
(a) "The Good Old Days."
(b) "Hard luck times."
(c) "The Wild West Era."
(d) "Post War Era."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bettmann cite as the main reason for the traffic problems in the cities in the late 1800s?

2. In the late 19th century on the frontier, what was a child's formal education considered to be?

3. Why did farmers in the 1880s have to mortgage their land?

4. Why were some animals a pollutant problem as noted in the chapter "Air"?

5. What was the biggest safety threat in the vertical apartments in the late 1800s?

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