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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. How does Joe feel about being the man of the house?
(a) He does not believe women can think for themselves.
(b) He likes making the important decisions.
(c) He wishes he could be a kid again.
(d) That's just the way it is.

2. How does Miller initially feel about the new job assignment?
(a) Displeased.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Very happy.
(d) Lukewarm.

3. What proof does Joe offer to contest Fatt's suggestion that workers had hot suppers to go home to?
(a) He asks workers for a voice vote of yes or no.
(b) He asks for comments from workers.
(c) He describes his last evening meal.
(d) He asks workers to raise their hands.

4. Who are the two main characters in Scene 3?
(a) Miller and Fatt.
(b) Fayette and Siegfried.
(c) Miller and Fayette.
(d) Siegfried and Miller.

5. How do workers become committee members?
(a) They volunteer for a term.
(b) They are elected by the workers.
(c) They are appointed by the union bosses.
(d) There are no committee members, just workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the boss meeting with Miller?

2. What does Joe call Edna after she says that he is "crawling like a worm?"

3. What does a main character complain that the talk of Lefty has turned the meeting into?

4. How is Fatt described?

5. What is the setting of Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Benjamin coming to see Dr. Barnes?

2. How does Edna's opinion about striking differ from Joe's opinion and why?

3. Why is the Voice's evidence that Clayton is a spy more credible than Clayton's denials?

4. What does Benjamin decide to do after being fired, and what had he been thinking about doing?

5. Why doesn't Edna want Joe to yell?

6. What are some reasons that Odets puts figurative language into Agate's dialogue?

7. Are there real advantages of looking at strikes in the laborer's own industry rather than work in general, as Fatt suggests?

8. How does Clayton connect to the workers?

9. What, if anything, justifies Fatt's use of a spy to avoid a strike?

10. Is Fayette's decision to fire Miller for refusing to spy on his supervisor morally right or wrong?

(see the answer keys)

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