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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Food and Drink.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hours did Steward demand his employees work?
(a) 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
(b) 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
(c) 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(d) 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

2. According to Bettmann in "Food and Drink," what percentage of people in prison were alcoholics?
(a) 50%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 45%.

3. How did parents react to child labor in the late 1800s?
(a) They hid their children with distant relatives.
(b) They fought against it.
(c) They encouraged it.
(d) They sued the industries that practiced it.

4. Why did tenants in the late 1800s have such big problems when it came to housing in the big cities?
(a) Landlords did not allow animals.
(b) They had no laws to protect them.
(c) A lease was seldom renewed.
(d) There was too much housing to chose from.

5. What major problem did window screening help with in the late 1800s?
(a) Light control.
(b) Drafts.
(c) Insects.
(d) Privacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the late 1800s, how was milk treated when it had spoiled?

2. According to Bettmann, what percentage of New Yorkers lived in the slums between 1868 and 1875?

3. Which industries were the most dangerous for workers after the Civil War?

4. According to Bettmann, what kind of wage did Stewart award his workers?

5. What was "swill" milk?

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