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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What names does London use to refer to Jim and Mac at the end of Chapter 5 when speaking with Dakin?
(a) Revolutionaries.
(b) Rioters.
(c) Reds.
(d) Rebels.

2. What does Jim tell Mac influenced him to join the Party?
(a) The five men he met in jail.
(b) The numerous books he has read.
(c) His father's meaningless death.
(d) A distaste for ordinary, meaningless life.

3. What does Jim Nolan understand that his landlady will not do when he leaves the rooming house?
(a) Help him find a new apartment.
(b) Give him back his week's advance.
(c) Write him a good reference.
(d) Let him come back to the rooming house.

4. At the end of Chapter 2, what does Mac make a speech about that explains why his mother's house was set on fire?
(a) She was housing Party members.
(b) He was followed to his home one night.
(c) He made a speech about people starving.
(d) She was discovered to be related to Mac.

5. What strategy does Mac use when thinking about striking?
(a) Immediate and decisive.
(b) The long view.
(c) Guerilla tactics.
(d) The band aid theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim think his mother died while he was in jail for a vagrancy charge?

2. What mysterious story from his childhood does Jim reminisce about in the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. What was Dan's occupation before becoming a migrant crop worker?

4. What does Harry do to show that he is considering Jim for Party membership?

5. What does Mac mention to the men who want to steal their paper in order to intimidate them?

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