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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Scarlet Banners and Novenas, The Doctor, Huey and Mr. Smith, The Circuit Rider, The Gentleman from Kansas, A View of the Woods, Campus Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not an implement that interviewers in The March say was used to disperse marchers?
(a) Bayonets.
(b) Tear gas.
(c) Water cannon.
(d) Guns.

2. What did many of Arthur Robinson's friends say was the only reason to have money?
(a) To provide for one's family.
(b) To have influence.
(c) To give to the poor.
(d) To make more money.

3. What unorthodox job did Phyllis Mortimer take when her family fell short of money in the 1930's?
(a) Card girl at boxing matches.
(b) Door girl for a speakeasy.
(c) Switchboard operator for an advertising firm.
(d) Chorus diver in movies.

4. 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 say hello to loved ones.
(d) To track the places they have been.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dorothea Lange's profession?

2. What happened to one of Daisy Singer's favorite parks during the Depression?

3. Corn farmers often switched to what agricultural product in the midst of the Depression?

4. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what was the state of coal miners before the Depression?

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

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