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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. What food can Dorothe Bernstein not stand because of her days in an orphanage?
(a) Sardines.
(b) Brussel sprouts.
(c) Pig's feet.
(d) Beets.

2. How did Dr. Lewis Andreas help strikers in Chicago in 1937?
(a) He provided free healthcare to them.
(b) He wrote op-eds for them.
(c) He lobbied senators and congressmen on their behalf.
(d) He contributed thousands to their employment fund.

3. As described in The Farmer Is the Man, how did a mob respond to a judge who was foreclosing on homes in Iowa?
(a) They burned down his house.
(b) They tarred and feathered him.
(c) They lobbied to have him removed.
(d) They lynched him.

4. In her interview, what does Diana Morgan say never interested her?
(a) Communism.
(b) Political struggle.
(c) The accumulation of money.
(d) The suffering of others.

5. In a quote in the Introduction, how does the speaker describe the socioeconomic relationship between blacks and whites during the Depression?
(a) Blacks were actually better off.
(b) Blacks were always worse off.
(c) There was no way of telling, things were so bad.
(d) Blacks and whites were about equal for the first time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Phyllis Mortimer's brother feel about her working in the 1930's?

2. In Hard Travelin', Peggy Terry says that America teaches people that poverty is what?

3. During the Depression, why did farmers systematically stop corn deliveries?

4. In what scant costume did Sally Rand enter the Beaux Arts ball?

5. What about modern America mystifies Diana Morgan?

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