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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Bonnie Laboring Boy, Three Strikes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the one black student in Terkel's college class?
(a) Medgar Evers.
(b) An ancestor of Frederick Douglass.
(c) Marcus Garvey's grandson.
(d) An African prince.

2. What job does Paulson eventually get after educating himself?
(a) Social worker.
(b) Railway worker.
(c) Union organizer.
(d) Primary school teacher.

3. According to Harburg, who suffered most when the financial system collapsed?
(a) The financial giants.
(b) Black people.
(c) Those who were poor already.
(d) Those who thought it foolproof.

4. How did Frank Czerwonka's mother make money during the Depression?
(a) She refurbished sofas.
(b) She made pastries.
(c) She ran a speakeasy.
(d) She was a prostitute.

5. Which movement sought to replace the American Federation of Labor in the 1930's?
(a) The CIO.
(b) The Communists.
(c) The Wobblies.
(d) The Catholic Workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Terkel's parents do for a living before the Depression?

2. What was Bob La Follette before he ran for President?

3. Where does the sit in of Three Strikes take place?

4. What industry did Jose Yglesia attempt to unionize?

5. What did an industrialist ask Gordon Baxter to destroy for him?

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