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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the orchard superintendent threaten to do if London does not comply?
(a) Jail them for life.
(b) Blacklist them all.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Banish them from the city.

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

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

6. Who is having a baby in a nearby tent where the pickers are camped?
(a) London's daughter.
(b) London's daughter-in-law.
(c) Al's daughter.
(d) Al's girlfriend.

7. Who stops Jim and Mac on their way back from Anderson's land?
(a) Three vigilantes.
(b) Group of kids.
(c) Police.
(d) Sympathizers.

8. With what is Joy charged after making a speech on a street corner?
(a) Drunk and disorderly.
(b) Stabbing a cop in the shoulder with a pocketknife.
(c) Taking a cop hostage.
(d) Public disturbance.

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

10. Why does Jim think his mother died while he was in jail for a vagrancy charge?
(a) She thought the world was coming to an end.
(b) She was killed by Party opposers.
(c) She wanted to die for the Party.
(d) She simply did not want to live.

11. 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) He made a speech about people starving.
(b) He was followed to his home one night.
(c) She was housing Party members.
(d) She was discovered to be related to Mac.

12. What does Jim see as the similarity between his father and Joy?
(a) They simply like to fight.
(b) They were/are willing to die for the Party.
(c) They both understood what the Party needs.
(d) They were both hit too many times in the head.

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

14. How does London react to Mac's suggestion for someone else as general chairman?
(a) He denies.
(b) He leaves the Party.
(c) He agrees.
(d) He is infuriated.

15. Who approaches Jim and Mac saying that the committee wants a report?
(a) The Valley men.
(b) A troupe of officers.
(c) A private detective.
(d) The Growers' Association head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Dan when he is trying to get out of the tree?

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

3. What strategy does Mac use when thinking about striking?

4. Who does the orchard superintendent tell London to get rid of?

5. What does Dakin predict the growers will bring in if the workers organize a strike?

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