Question

1. read the following passage from a daughter of a railroad worker during the great depression.

i remember all of sudden we had to move. my father lost his job and we moved into a double - garage.
the landlord didnt charge us rent... we had a coal stove, and we had to take turns, the three of us kids,
to warm our legs. it was awfully cold when you opened those garage doors. we could sleep with rugs
and blankets over the top of us and dress under the sheets... in the morning wed get out and get
some snow and put it on top of the stove and melt it and wash our faces. we put on two pairs of socks
on our feet, and long underwear and... goodwill shoes. off wed walk, three or four miles to school.
the women in the passage attributes her familys predicament during the great depression to:
a) president hoovers insensitivity b) her fathers loss of a job
c) the cold winter weather d) a mean and heartless landlord
23.
franklin d. roosevelt took many actions during his \first hundred days\ in the white house in 1933,
but what was the first thing he did?
a) establish the civil works administration to b) close all the nations banks and order
provide job relief inspections of those banks
c) denounce the supreme court as
ine old d) offer herbert hoover a position in his cabine
men\

Explanation:

For question 22: The passage clearly states "My father lost his job and we moved into a double - garage", so the family's predicament is due to the father's job loss.
For question 23: One of the first major actions Roosevelt took was the "bank holiday" which involved closing all the nation's banks and ordering inspections.

Answer:

1. B. Her father's loss of a job
2. B. Close all the nation's banks and order inspections of those banks