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During the Great Depression some people, primarily men and teenage boys, took advantage of their homelessness and rode the rails across
the United States.
Since people reacted in different ways to these homeless “hobos”, these wanderers
began to use markings to help fellow hobos who came after them.
These might be left in chalk on a fencepost,
on the side of building, or some
other place that would be visible to other hobos who came
along later.
Take the following quiz on hobo
markings and see how well you’d do as
a hobo during the Great Depression.
You jump off the train when it slows down at a small town crossing. After wandering through town, you stop at a small, cozy-looking farm just outside the town. The smell of freshly baked bread wafts toward you from the open kitchen window. You are about to go try to sneak some of the bread when you notice the marking below in white chalk on the side of the fencepost.
What do you do?What do you do?
1.1. Steal the bread, Steal the bread,
2. Knock on the door and ask for food, 2. Knock on the door and ask for food,
3. Keep walking?3. Keep walking?
Hopefully you chose to keep walking. This sign means “Man With a Gun”. If you had tried to steal the bread you
might have been shot.
You keep walking until you see another farmhouse and an You keep walking until you see another farmhouse and an old barn. You think youold barn. You think you’’ll try to sneak into the barn and ll try to sneak into the barn and sleep there for the night but notice the marking below sleep there for the night but notice the marking below carved into a nearby fence post. Based on this marking, carved into a nearby fence post. Based on this marking, do you:do you:
1. Sleep in the barn1. Sleep in the barn
2. Go to the farmhouse and ask for 2. Go to the farmhouse and ask for foodfood
3. Keep walking?3. Keep walking?
If you chose to keep walking then If you chose to keep walking then you missed a free meal. This sign you missed a free meal. This sign
means means ““Good for a handoutGood for a handout””
The next day you are walking by a small house when you notice that they have a large apple tree with plenty of juicy, ripe apples on some low branches. You think about hopping the fence and grabbing a few for dinner but see the marking below marked on the fence. Based on the marking, do you:
1. Steal the apples1. Steal the apples
2. Just go to the door and ask for a few2. Just go to the door and ask for a few
3. Keep walking3. Keep walking
Hopefully you Hopefully you either went to either went to the door and the door and asked or kept asked or kept
walking. If you walking. If you had hopped the had hopped the fence you might fence you might be in some pain. be in some pain.
This sign meansThis sign means ““Mean Dog HereMean Dog Here””
You see the following sign on the side of a brick
building while you’re walking through town.
What is this telling you?
That you should:
1. Get out of town quick 1. Get out of town quick
2. Ask for a job2. Ask for a job
3. Pretend you are 3. Pretend you are sick?sick?
The sign means that work is available. Go inside the building and see if you get get a job for the day!
You are about to leave You are about to leave town when you see the town when you see the following sign near a house. following sign near a house.
You can hear the train You can hear the train coming and you want to coming and you want to catch it, but this sign makes catch it, but this sign makes you pause. Should you:you pause. Should you:
1. Ask for a handout at this 1. Ask for a handout at this house?house?
2. Ask for a job?2. Ask for a job?
3. Catch your train?3. Catch your train?
You might want to catch the next train.
This might be a good place to ask for money since the sign means
““Wealthy people live Wealthy people live herehere””
How did you do?
4-5 Correct Answers:
(Super Hobo)
You would be able to survive as a hobo.
2-3 Correct Answers:
(Hobo Poser)
You might want to talk to other hobos to learn the correct markings
0-1 Correct Answers:
Don’t become a hobo.
Works Cited
Pics: Hobos Walking: Public Domain: www.wikipedia.orgFrench Bread: Creative Commons License - David Monniaux -http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:French_bread_DSC00865.JPGShotgun: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bersa_shotguns.jpgBarn: Creative Commons - Nader Moussa - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cary,_North_Carolina_(Barn)_2006.jpgThanksgiving Meal: Public Domain Photo - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thanksgiving_Dinner_Alc2.jpgWhite Fence: Creative Commons License – Infrogmation - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CarrolltonFenceLineNov07.jpgAngry Dog: Public Domain Photo - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mad_dog.jpgBrick Wall: Creative Commons License - by fall-line - http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3363/3257624062_4665eb2f7e.jpgHolding $20 Bill: Creative Commons License – by redjar - http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/113911116_8f5ecfddae.jpgWealthy Man: Creative Commons License –by cliff1066™ - http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/3009936560_70317022fd.jpgWealthy Man House: Creative Commons License - Doug Kerr - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ames_Academy_Building_May_10.jpgFarmers on boxcar: Public Domain - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%26RGW_boxcars.jpgWooden Fence at beginning: Creative Commons License - by james.thompson - http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/119500183_d85d3a3a86.jpg
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