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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Jim and Mac catch a ride on at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A cop car.
(b) The subway.
(c) A freight train.
(d) A boat.

2. What does Mac say is needed on the strikers' camping site in order to keep the camp legal?
(a) A doctor.
(b) Permits.
(c) Shelters.
(d) Sanitary bathrooms.

3. Who does the orchard superintendent remind London is the judge?
(a) Martin.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Doc Burton.
(d) Gillray.

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

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 been worth the gamble.
(c) London would never speak to him again.
(d) It would have devastated the men.

6. What does Al express concern about while Jim and Mac eat at his Lunch Wagon?
(a) The impending strike.
(b) Losing customers.
(c) Purges within the Party.
(d) His father's crop.

7. How does Harry describe the life of a Party member to Jim?
(a) An unparalleled and enoyable existence.
(b) An easier life than that of non-Party members.
(c) Becoming a robot that is controlled by the Party.
(d) A life of hard work and poverty.

8. What is decided that needs to be done at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) They need to buy supplies.
(b) The strikers need to be motivated.
(c) Joy must be freed from jail.
(d) Jim needs to buy jeans.

9. What story does Joy recount to explain why his hands are crushed?
(a) Non-Party members rode over his hand with a horse.
(b) He fought off a police officer's dog.
(c) He tried to break into a non-Party member's home.
(d) He punched a non-Party member too hard.

10. What does Mac tell Dick to do to raise bail for Joy?
(a) Open their safe with the secret stash of money.
(b) Break into a local store.
(c) Ask for change on the street.
(d) Round up sympathizers.

11. What ordinance does Mac predict the county will pass in the event of a strike?
(a) Picking made illegal.
(b) Separate but equal rights for pickers.
(c) Soliciting donations made illegal.
(d) Congregation made illegal.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Mac want reassurance from Doc Burton that he has no civil or legal problems?

2. What does Jim see as the similarity between his father and Joy?

3. What does Jim hear at the end of Chapter 6 before he falls asleep?

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

5. Who organizes the men on Anderson's farm land?

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