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Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 178 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Roy's plan for his job?
(a) Work for thirty years so he could have a good retirement plan.
(b) Work ninety days and then get workman's compensation.
(c) Work just enough to keep his job.
(d) Work hard and move into management.

2. According to Hamper's theory, why did the shop-rats listen to that kind of music?
(a) It's the only station their radio can pick up.
(b) It's the music they grew up with.
(c) It's redundant and predictable like their work.
(d) It's the music their fathers always listened to.

3. What music did Hamper and his coworkers listen to at work?
(a) Oldies.
(b) Country.
(c) Classic rock.
(d) Top 40's.

4. Inside the auto factory, why was the Cab Shop nicknamed the Jungle?
(a) It was impossible to escape from the place.
(b) There were lots of hanging ropes and cables.
(c) There were lots of bugs.
(d) It was as hot as the equator.

5. How did Hamper's maternal grandfather live?
(a) He had trouble holding down a job.
(b) He was punctual for work and barely drank.
(c) He was late for work and constantly drunk.
(d) He was punctual to work and drunk all weekend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oftentimes, when was a woman placed on the assembly line?

2. Where did Lightnin' sleep during every work shift?

3. During his first day of work, before he learned Roy's name, what nickname did Hamper give him?

4. What did Franklin write on napkins and bits of paper?

5. During his sophomore year of high school, what did Hamper name his rather large collection of poems?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did poetry temporarily draw Hamper out of his slide toward the factory? How might this have paved the way for more writing in the future?

2. Who were Lightnin' and Same-O? What did their lives say about Hamper's future?

3. What stories does Hamper tell about Dan-O? What do these stories add to the reader's impression of the factory?

4. How did Hamper begin to construct his life after high school? How was he alone and yet not alone during this time?

5. Who or what was Hamper's greatest enemy at work? How did he use his new attitude about work to combat the enemy?

6. When did the GM assembly line begin to look like an attractive option to Hamper? How did this demonstrate a change in Hamper's thinking?

7. "I'm thinking that rock stars, even dead ones, don't come cheap" (pg xix). In the context of the Prologue, what does this quote mean?

8. What system did Dale and Hamper rig up at work? How did this again change Hamper's attitude toward his job?

9. What do Hamper's stories about high school revolve around? How does this show that he was giving in to the nuns' perception of him that began in junior high?

10. What pattern emerged in junior-high that led Hamper to consider the life of a shop-rat? How did he begin to identify with his family who had worked in the factory?

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