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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Mac lament doing after the men who try to steal their paper leave?
(a) Not fighting the men.
(b) Not trying to get the men to join the Party.
(c) Bluffing to the men.
(d) Soap-boxing to Jim.

4. 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) Let him come back to the rooming house.
(c) Give him back his week's advance.
(d) Write him a good reference.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does London give Mac that sticks?

2. What are the only two punishments of the Party?

3. Why does Jim want to join the Party?

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

5. Who is having a baby in a nearby tent where the pickers are camped?

(see the answer key)

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