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Main Index
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1930s Quiz (see answers below)
1) Circle F baseball continued to be popular. Who was their chief rival?
a) Fraser Cafe
b) Vancouver Millionaires
c) Port Moody Golden Spikers
2) What significant event took place September 17, 1931
a) The Fraser River froze over
b) The Fraser River flooded
c) Fraser Mills went on strike
3) Father Teck tried to persuade the men back to work by:
a) Asking them nicely
b) Offering them more money
c) Refusing to absolve them in the confessional
4) In what way(s) did the community support the strikers?
a) Went into Vancouver to beg for financial aid
b) Operated a soup kitchen
c) Marched in demonstrations
d) All of the above
5) Some of the men from the French community helped organize the strike. What was a consequence of their effort?
a) They were made lifetime members of the union
b) They received higher wages
c) They were blacklisted
6) During the Depression, what could be bought for 12cents and 25cents respectively?
a) One loaf of bread and ten pounds of potatoes
b) One pound of bark and one muskrat pelt
c) One dozen eggs and one pound of sugar
7) In Maillardville, how many sticks of dynamite did some people think was required to blow up one stump?
a) 5
b) 25
c) 82
8) What problem contributed to illness in the community?
a) Open sewers
b) Bad water supply
c) Overflowing septic fields
d) a and b
9) The present day Church was built in 1938. How many Church buildings came before?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
10) If you were on relief during the depression, for what activity did you need permission?
a) Hunting and fishing
b) Selling bark and muskrat pelts
c) Driving a car
1) a 2)c 3)c 4)d 5)c 6)b 7)c 8)c 9)c 10)c
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