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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What story does Joy recount to explain why his hands are crushed?
2. With what is Joy charged after making a speech on a street corner?
3. What does Harry do to show that he is considering Jim for Party membership?
4. What names does London use to refer to Jim and Mac at the end of Chapter 5 when speaking with Dakin?
5. What strategy does Mac use when thinking about striking?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Jim give Harry wanting to join the Party?
2. In Chapter 5, what does Old Dan predict happening with the group of strikers in Torgas Valley? What does he mean by "water heaving before the boil"?
3. How does Mac use the analogy of running new hunting dogs with old timers with Jim?
4. Why does Mac strategize about bringing a doctor onto the strikers' camping ground?
5. In Chapter 6, why does the checker offer Jim money in exchange for information? What information?
6. In Chapter 4, how is Mac's claim that the man who tries to scare you is usually scared of you an analogy to the strike?
7. Why was Jim put in jail before coming to Harry?
8. Why does Mac have the clothes burned after helping Lisa give birth?
9. What is the situation in Torgas Valley with the Growers' Association and the pickers?
10. How does Mac explain the process of a strike to Jim?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mac claims several times that blood spillage is good for the cause. Is he a sympathetic or unsympathetic character because of this frame of thinking? Why or why not? Support your answer with specific information from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Jim and Doc Burton discuss religion in Chapter 11. Jim's devotion to the cause is almost a religious devotion which Doc Burton points out; however Jim recoils at the idea of religion. How are these two characters similar yet different? How does this conversation shed light on those similarities and differences? Write an essay that compares and contrasts Doc Burton and Jim, using the conversation in Chapter 11 as the anchor for the argument.
Essay Topic 3
London and Mac both assume leadership roles among the men throughout the novel. Who is truly the better choice? Why? What attributes do these two men have that are advantages for a leader and disadvantages for a leader? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.
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