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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the orchard superintendent offer London in return for doing what he asks?
(a) A political position.
(b) A hefty severance sum.
(c) A steady job.
(d) Immunity.

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

3. Who does Mac tell Jim not to bother trying to convert to the Party?
(a) Dakin.
(b) Al.
(c) Dan.
(d) London.

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

5. What does Jim admit about the possibility of Lisa dying during the delivery process?
(a) It was his greatest fear during the experience.
(b) It would have devastated the men.
(c) It would have been worth the gamble.
(d) London would never speak to him again.

6. What does Jim wonder that Dan should be doing instead of manual labor?
(a) Working the charity system.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Union work.
(d) Typist.

7. Why does Jim want to join the Party?
(a) He wants to eventually gain control of the Party.
(b) He wants to infiltrate the Party and destroy it.
(c) He wants a new start, different from everything.
(d) He wants to avenge his father and mother's deaths.

8. What are the only two punishments of the Party?
(a) Reprimand and expulsion.
(b) Physical punishment and solitary confinement.
(c) Hard labor and fines.
(d) Lecture and punishment.

9. What group of people does Dan reminisce about to Jim and Mac?
(a) Party members.
(b) Wobblies.
(c) The Growers' Association.
(d) Non-Party members.

10. What does Mac tell Jim that makes field work especially dangerous?
(a) The use of automatic weapons.
(b) American Legionnaires.
(c) Enraged policemen.
(d) Tear gas.

11. To what does Mac compare Jim and his on-the-scene training?
(a) Hunting dogs.
(b) Hunted prey.
(c) Observant owls.
(d) Wily foxes.

12. What is Mac's dream about the the strike and causing a lot of fuss?
(a) The whole district is organized by spring.
(b) The strikers will start their own association.
(c) The Growers' Association will dissolve.
(d) The Growers' Association will give in to their demands.

13. What nickname does London give Mac that sticks?
(a) Sarg.
(b) Doc.
(c) Captain.
(d) Duke.

14. What does Mac mention to the men who want to steal their paper in order to intimidate them?
(a) Rosanna Fights Stadium.
(b) The Growers' Association.
(c) The Tandale strike.
(d) The Party.

15. For what reason does Jim tell Harry that he was jailed for a vagrancy charge?
(a) He was watching a radical's speech in the park.
(b) He had all of his belongings on him at the time.
(c) He was suspected of being a radical leader.
(d) He was hanging out with homeless people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mac admit to Jim after delivering Lisa's baby?

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

4. What does the orchard superintendent threaten to do if London does not comply?

5. What names does London use to refer to Jim and Mac at the end of Chapter 5 when speaking with Dakin?

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