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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 Yank say all the engineers are?

2. What does Yank say Paddy is always doing?

3. What does Paddy tell his crew he is never too drunk to do?

4. What does Mildred call her aunt before she leaves?

5. What nationality does Yank say beer is for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yank respond to Paddy's speech about being trapped?

2. How does the author the compare exploitation of the working classes with Christianity?

3. In what way do Mldred and her aunt depart on bad terms?

4. Why does Yank think he and the men are better than the upperclasses?

5. Why does the guard hose Yank down?

6. How do the crowd react to Yank's anger?

7. Why does Yank get angry when a woman looks at the monkey fur coat in the shop?

8. Why is Yank disappointed he sees the IWW's office?

9. How does the gorilla react to Yank?

10. What image does the author say he is trying to set?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion.

Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the differences between a play and a book in terms of the following:

1. Language.

2. Character.

3. Structure.

4. Setting.

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