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Question 1: ________ has 136 documented Sears catalog homes giving it one of the largest concentrations in the country; the largest, at 152, is located in Carlinville, Illinois.
Naperville, IllinoisAurora, IllinoisLemont, IllinoisJoliet, Illinois

Question 2: However, the company experienced steadily rising payment defaults throughout the ________, resulting in increasing strain for the catalog house program.
Great DepressionFederal Reserve SystemUnited StatesRepublican Party (United States)

Question 3: At Greenlawn Cemetery, near the ________ waterfront in the Newport News, Virginia area, the cemetery office building is a 1936 Sears Catalog Home.
Williamsburg, VirginiaNorfolk, VirginiaVirginia BeachHampton Roads

Question 4: Sears bought a lumber mill in ________ and arranged for production of kits from which homes could be assembled.
Metro-EastSouthern IllinoisMacoupin County, IllinoisEast St. Louis, Illinois

Question 5: Wayne State University Press; ________
Dearborn, MichiganMetro DetroitDetroitGrosse Pointe

Question 6: "One Week" is a silent comedy film starring ________, made in 1920, that shows Keaton constructing a build-it-yourself house that turns out all wrong.
The General (1927 film)Charlie ChaplinBuster Keaton filmographyBuster Keaton

Question 7: One of Sears's, and indeed the nation's, biggest selling models was the common ________.
TorontoUnited StatesAtlantaBungalow

Question 8: Early ________ loans were typically for 5–15 years at 6%-7% interest.
LienMortgageConveyancingReal estate

Question 9: He moved to ________, where he met Alvah C. Roebuck who joined him in the business.
Elmhurst, IllinoisBurr Ridge, IllinoisChicagoBlue Island, Illinois

Question 10: This system used precut ________ of mostly standard sizes (2"x4" and 2"x8") for framing.
Pulp (paper)WoodLumberWood preservation
















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