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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 does London offer to give the men to eat at the end of Chapter 14?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 10, how do the men feel in the morning following Joy's death?

3. What does Mac wish he could get for Doc Burton?

4. To what does Doc Burton compare Jim's feelings toward the cause that offends Jim?

5. Who hops off the train and is shot three times?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dakin call Mac cold-blooded?

2. Why does Mac decide against leaving Joy's coffin open during the funeral?

3. To whom does Jim attribute his cool demeanor when London praises him for it?

4. What does the false headline in the paper claim that infuriates Mac?

5. What does Mac warn Bolter about when Bolter accuses him of being sent by Red headquarters?

6. What does the paper say about the strikers at the beginning of Chapter 14?

7. Why do Dakin and London send out squads of men at the beginning of Chapter 10?

8. How does Joy's death in Chapter 9 solidify the men in their cause?

9. Why is Dakin incarcerated for biting a cop?

10. What does Doc Burton admire about Mac's speech during Joy's funeral?

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

When a rubber band is stretched, it reaches a point where it is stretched as far as it can go and can snap. Chapter 13 is the heightened action that Steinbeck uses all of the previous chapters to work towards. Winning or losing the strike will all depend on the actions of the following day in Chapter 14. Liken Chapter 13 to that of the stretched rubber band analogy and Chapter 14 as what will happen to the rubber band.

Essay Topic 3

Old Dan is constipated, delusional, and raving as the novel progresses. How is Dan a symbol of the collective group of men? Think about Doc Burton's speculations involving group man and mobs being infectious diseases. How does this reinforce Dan as a symbol for the strikers? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

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