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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emma Tiller say in her interview is as important as money?
(a) Work.
(b) Faith.
(c) Dignity.
(d) Companionship.

2. What entertainment did Sally Rand invent?
(a) The fan dance.
(b) The penny arcade.
(c) The Charleston.
(d) The knock-knock joke.

3. When were the collectivized camps outside of urban centers closed?
(a) The seventies.
(b) When Roosevelt died.
(c) When the stock market crashed.
(d) When America entered World War II.

4. Why was Ward James fired from his job in the 1930's?
(a) Lack of money to pay him.
(b) Drinking on the job.
(c) Incompetence.
(d) Union activity.

5. What was different about a teachers' strike in the 1930's?
(a) They protested at City Hall, not the schools.
(b) They left town for fear of violent reprisal.
(c) They protested in private, writing letters.
(d) They continued to teach throughout.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Three o'Clock in the Morning, Wilbur Kane's mother was bitter about the invasion of what?

3. How is Reed's father trying to affect his trip destination decision after graduation?

4. What was Huey Long's central message in his nationally broadcast speeches?

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

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