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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, "A Sappy Woman from Ypsilanti".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Powers Hapgood's occupation after graduating from Harvard?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Coal miner.
(d) Economist.

2. How many pages would Kurt type before making corrections with a pencil?
(a) About twenty.
(b) Five or six.
(c) Fifty or so.
(d) As many as he could in an hour.

3. What story is Kurt describing when he calls it 'one of the most popular stories ever told?'
(a) Crime and Punishment.
(b) Snow White.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Moby Dick.

4. Where is the sappy woman from?
(a) Medicine Hat.
(b) Ypsilanti.
(c) Renfrew.
(d) Hadaugago.

5. What are the people that Kurt blames for ruining America born without?
(a) Eyesight.
(b) Hearing.
(c) Silver spoons in their mouths.
(d) Consciences.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long would Kurt listen to the radio each day?

2. Who is Kurt's hero?

3. Why did Kurt have to talk to a cop?

4. Whose line of Democratic tradition does Kurt belong to?

5. What was Kurt to older people at the dinner table when he was very young?

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