2. Why does Harry make a point of taking the paper with him when he takes Jim to the house?
(a) He does not want anyone stealing his ideas.
(b) The cops go through the place regularly.
(c) Someone will take the paper if he does not.
(d) He does not want Jim to read it.

3. What does Jim see as the similarity between his father and Joy?
(a) They were/are willing to die for the Party.
(b) They simply like to fight.
(c) They were both hit too many times in the head.
(d) They both understood what the Party needs.

4. What does Mac say that Dick is within the Party?
(a) The Don Juan.
(b) The Propagandist.
(c) The Du Barry.
(d) The Instigator.

5. What does Harry do to show that he is considering Jim for Party membership?
(a) Signs his name on Jim's application.
(b) Folds the corner of Jim's application.
(c) Folds the application into an envelope.
(d) Puts Jim's application in an acceptance file.

6. What does Jim hear at the end of Chapter 6 before he falls asleep?
(a) An owl hooting.
(b) A rooster crowing.
(c) A baby crying.
(d) Men conversing.

7. Who does the checker try to bribe for information at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Jim.
(b) Dakin.
(c) London.
(d) Mac.

8. Who does Mac suggest for general chairman because he has a cooler head than London?
(a) Jim.
(b) Doc Burton.
(c) Himself.
(d) Dakin.

9. For what does Harry express surprise concerning Jim's past?
(a) Jim's quitting high school.
(b) Jim's quick and sudden submission to the Party.
(c) Jim's lack of connection to the Party thus far.
(d) Jim's connection to his father, a non-Party member.

10. What do Jim and Mac catch a ride on at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A cop car.
(b) The subway.
(c) A boat.
(d) A freight train.

11. Why does Jim think his mother died while he was in jail for a vagrancy charge?
(a) She was killed by Party opposers.
(b) She wanted to die for the Party.
(c) She thought the world was coming to an end.
(d) She simply did not want to live.

12. What does Jim report to the checker as the cause of the anger among strikers?
(a) Can of bad fish.
(b) Unsanitary conditions.
(c) A sack of rotten apples.
(d) Unfair wages.

13. What does Jim Nolan understand that his landlady will not do when he leaves the rooming house?
(a) Help him find a new apartment.
(b) Give him back his week's advance.
(c) Let him come back to the rooming house.
(d) Write him a good reference.

14. What is projected that the county will do if the strikers begin to picket?
(a) Throw everyone in jail.
(b) Bring in extra police.
(c) Cave in to the strikers' demands.
(d) Pass an ordinance against gathering.

15. Who is having a baby in a nearby tent where the pickers are camped?
(a) Al's girlfriend.
(b) London's daughter.
(c) London's daughter-in-law.
(d) Al's daughter.