2. Why are some of the company's workers fired during the election year?
(a) The workers try to organize a union.
(b) The workers won't follow the company's voting directives.
(c) The workers vote to go non-union.
(d) The workers strike.

3. What does Mary do within one month of Mike's death?
(a) She takes in a boarder.
(b) She moves in with her father.
(c) She finds a job.
(d) She moves to two rooms.

4. What is the steel mill indicating to workers during mid-term elections?
(a) That unions won't be tolerated.
(b) How workers should vote.
(c) Workers should not vote.
(d) Workers should vote union.

5. What does Julie tell Dobie after George's funeral?
(a) She wants to move to New York.
(b) She needs to visit her sister.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She needs to get a job.

6. For what party does Mike vote in the election?
(a) Independent.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Republican.
(d) Democrat.

7. What is Dobie discussing with a man named Stever from Uniontown?
(a) The company unions.
(b) The economy.
(c) Politics.
(d) The worker unions.

8. What plan does Mary have to help with finances?
(a) To move to a larger house and take in boarders.
(b) For Mike to find a full time job.
(c) To look for a job herself.
(d) To take out a loan at the bank.

9. Why is Dobie against company unions?
(a) He is against their violent tactics.
(b) He feels that they prevent legitimate worker representation.
(c) He is not allowed to vote in their union elections.
(d) He thinks that they are only political machines.

10. What are Mike and Mary missing at the end of Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) Their families.
(b) The mill paycheck.
(c) The money from the boarding business.
(d) Their friends in Braddock.

11. Who suggests that Mary should remarry soon?
(a) Joe.
(b) George.
(c) Dorta.
(d) Anna.

12. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 10, where are Mike and Mary living?
(a) In New York.
(b) In Washington.
(c) In Braddock.
(d) In White Haven.

13. Where does Dobie go after leaving Detroit?
(a) Boston.
(b) Grand Rapids.
(c) New York.
(d) Pittsburgh.

14. How does Dobie support himself during the layoffs?
(a) He joins the Mafia.
(b) He does illegal utility hook-ups.
(c) He gambles at the local speakeasy.
(d) He sells newspapers.

15. As Part 4, Chapter 1 begins, what character is now known as Dobie?
(a) Johnnie.
(b) Mikie.
(c) George.
(d) Joe.