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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 3 - 4).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cabinet-level position did Perkins hold during the Roosevelt years?
(a) Secretary of Trade.
(b) Secretary of Commerce.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Secretary of Labor.

2. In Chapter 4, what kind of job did Dorothy Day's father have?
(a) He was a construction worker.
(b) He was a coal miner.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a journalist.

3. What does Brooks say his book is about in his introduction?
(a) Job.
(b) Careers.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Adam II.

4. What newspaper did Day found?
(a) The San Francisco Chronicle.
(b) The Catholic Worker.
(c) The Catholic Light.
(d) The Modesto Bee.

5. At what age did Ida Eisenhower leave her domestic job to strike out on her own and enroll in high school?
(a) 20.
(b) 13.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times was Day arrested?

2. Who did Ida Eisenhower marry?

3. What university did Perkins teach at towards the end of her life?

4. What did Ida Eisenhower study in college?

5. What did Perkins' daughter once do as an adult that embarrassed Perkins?

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