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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The Big Money, Man and Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Hard Travelin', Peggy Terry says that America teaches people that poverty is what?
(a) A personal failing.
(b) A mark of holiness.
(c) A birthright.
(d) A sin.

2. According to a quotation in the Introduction, what was the typical response to receiving a pink slip during the beginning of the Depression?
(a) Bemusement.
(b) Numbness.
(c) Shame.
(d) Pride.

3. Why would hobos put marks on people's houses with chalk?
(a) To protest the banks' foreclosing on them.
(b) To tell other hobos if the people are good.
(c) To track the places they have been.
(d) To say hello to loved ones.

4. In Hard Travelin', what does Peggy Terry think would happen if another Depression happened today?
(a) We would rebound faster.
(b) All Republicans would be voted out.
(c) The Soviets would take over.
(d) There would be widespread violence.

5. Which famous American film critic is interviewed in Hard Travelin'?
(a) Vincent Canby.
(b) Pauline Kael.
(c) Gene Siskel.
(d) Roger Ebert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Arthur Robinson keep thousands of dollars during the bank holiday?

2. What did Terkel seek out en route to his university?

3. What strange job does Terkel get right after college?

4. How did Jim Sheridan travel to the Bonus March?

5. Peggy Terry says in Hard Travelin' that what disappeared from her life during the Depression?

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