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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dan feel about the group of strikers and union about to form?
(a) Neutral.
(b) Positive.
(c) Does not care.
(d) Negative.

2. What does Jim claim men can gain from doing such work that the Party has them do?
(a) Rage.
(b) Peacefulness.
(c) Motivation.
(d) Clear thinking.

3. What does Mac tell Doc Burton about the strike situation?
(a) It is a delicate situation and someone could get easily hurt.
(b) They will need more than one doctor.
(c) It is the best situation he has seen in a long time.
(d) The strikers are guaranteed to prevail.

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Jim believe Mac will spend the twenty dollars on that Dick brings home?
(a) Food.
(b) Guns.
(c) Stamps.
(d) Envelopes.

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

7. What does Harry do to show that he is considering Jim for Party membership?
(a) Folds the application into an envelope.
(b) Folds the corner of Jim's application.
(c) Puts Jim's application in an acceptance file.
(d) Signs his name on Jim's application.

8. For what reason does Mac want reassurance from Doc Burton that he has no civil or legal problems?
(a) Reputation.
(b) Vulnerability.
(c) His job.
(d) His financial welfare.

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

10. Who does Mac suggest for general chairman because he has a cooler head than London?
(a) Jim.
(b) Dakin.
(c) Doc Burton.
(d) Himself.

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

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

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

14. What mysterious story from his childhood does Jim reminisce about in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) How the Party first came into existence.
(b) A public hanging of a Party member.
(c) His sister's disappearance in school.
(d) The raids on his neighbor's houses.

15. At the beginning of Chapter 7, who is going to be romancing the female sympathizers?
(a) London.
(b) Mac.
(c) Jim.
(d) Dick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Harry and Jim decide that using Jim's real name will not be detrimental to Jim's relatives?

2. Who is elected chairman of the strikers?

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

4. To what does Mac compare Jim and his on-the-scene training?

5. What ordinance does Mac predict the county will pass in the event of a strike?

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