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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. What promise did Upton Sinclair make to his supporters during his run for governor of California?
(a) To end poverty in California.
(b) To extract public money from industrialists.
(c) To secede from the US.
(d) To create a work program.

2. What did Terkel's parents do for a living before the Depression?
(a) They were actuaries.
(b) They worked for a newspaper.
(c) They ran a hotel.
(d) They worked a farm.

3. 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) Pride.
(d) Shame.

4. Where did Harburg work before the Depression?
(a) Newpapers.
(b) University administration.
(c) Financial sector.
(d) Military services.

5. What does Diane, the young journalist in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, resent about her parent's fixation on the Depression?
(a) It demeans her life experience.
(b) It ignores the racial reality of the events.
(c) They refuse to speak frankly to her about it.
(d) It ignores the political reality of the events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diane personally think about the suffering of the 1930's in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

2. How many people does Terkel Interview in this introduction?

3. In what war did the Bonus marchers fight?

4. Where did some vets stay in Washington, DC during the Bonus March besides the Hoovervilles?

5. What product did Benton manage after the Depression?

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