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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. When did Hamper's first breakdown occur?
2. What was the subject matter of Dave and Hamper's "shopera" (pg 195)
3. What incentive did management offer if the assembly line kept the quality high?
4. Who was the first person to call Hamper after The Wall Street Journal article was printed?
5. How much money would Hamper make writing articles for Mother Jones?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of place was Mark's Lounge? How was this place exactly what Hamper needed?
2. By the time Janice moved to a different area of the factory, how had she changed? How is this different from what might be expected of a woman working that job?
3. What kind of supervisor was Gino? How did Hamper respond to his leadership?
4. What was the purpose of Hamper's food matching game (pgs 78-79)? What effect does the game have to the writing of this scene?
5. In the Epilogue, Hamper shows the conflict between his mindset as a shop-rat and his time outside the factory in therapy. How did he show this and which attitude was stronger in his mind?
6. Describe Dave Steel.
7. How did the men on the Rivet Line deal with the supervisor sent in to replace Gino? How was this a sign that they are powerful?
8. What did Hamper think when Janice came to work on the Rivet Line? How was his reaction different from the men around him and how might this be surprising?
9. According to Hamper, why does the reading public not want to read about the working man? Is this a fair assessment?
10. Who did Bob-A-Lou have a crush on? What does this reveal about his character and how was he different from most of the other factory workers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several times throughout the book, Hamper gives foreshadowing of his mental breakdown. Where are these references? Do they prepare the reader for what is coming?
Essay Topic 2
How did Roy's crackup prefigure Hamper's own mental breakdown? What role did Hamper play on Roy's story, and how did Roy's compare to his own?
Essay Topic 3
What effect did unemployment have on Flint? What happened when much of the population was unemployed and why? What do you think the mood of the town was?
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