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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 1, what does Harry predict will happen to Jim?
(a) Jim will take over the Party.
(b) Jim will not enjoy the Party.
(c) Jim will die for the Party.
(d) Jim will lose his hatred.

2. 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) Write him a good reference.
(d) Give him back his week's advance.

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

4. 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) Open their safe with the secret stash of money.
(d) Round up sympathizers.

5. What does Mac say has just happened to the pickers in Torgas Valley that could help incite a riot?
(a) They have been given a pay cut by the Growers' Association.
(b) The pickers' leader has been incarcerated.
(c) The pickers have organized a coup.
(d) There have been mass layoffs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim want to join the Party?

2. Who does Jim claim is his reason for wanting to join the Party?

3. What does Jim admit about the possibility of Lisa dying during the delivery process?

4. What does Mac say that Dick is within the Party?

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

(see the answer key)

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