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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mac introduce to Jim as the bedroom radical at the house?
(a) Dick.
(b) Harry.
(c) Himself.
(d) Joy.

2. What does Mac give to Joy so that he stops bothering Jim's typing?
(a) A letter from his family.
(b) A copy of New Masses.
(c) A book on political warfare.
(d) A documentary film on the Party.

3. What does Mac tell Dick to do to raise bail for Joy?
(a) Break into a local store.
(b) Ask for change on the street.
(c) Round up sympathizers.
(d) Open their safe with the secret stash of money.

4. Who does Jim claim is his reason for wanting to join the Party?
(a) His father.
(b) Harry.
(c) His mother.
(d) No one.

5. What does Mac claim will do Jim no good without on-the-scene training and experience?
(a) Hatred for the rat race.
(b) Passion for the cause.
(c) All of the books he has read.
(d) Physical ability.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim Nolan understand that his landlady will not do when he leaves the rooming house?

2. What story does Joy recount to explain why his hands are crushed?

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

4. What does Mac tell Jim that makes field work especially dangerous?

5. How does Harry describe the life of a Party member to Jim?

(see the answer key)

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