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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is elected chairman of the strikers?
(a) Dakin.
(b) Mac.
(c) London.
(d) Jim.

2. What does Jim hear at the end of Chapter 6 before he falls asleep?
(a) A rooster crowing.
(b) A baby crying.
(c) An owl hooting.
(d) Men conversing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Jim report to the checker as the cause of the anger among strikers?
(a) Unsanitary conditions.
(b) Can of bad fish.
(c) A sack of rotten apples.
(d) Unfair wages.

10. How many people own and oversee the Growers' Association?
(a) Four men.
(b) Two men.
(c) Three men.
(d) One man.

11. What musical instrument is heard at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) A harmonica.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A violin.
(d) A drum.

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

13. What does Mac admit to Jim after delivering Lisa's baby?
(a) He saw how to deliver a baby once on TV.
(b) He was scared out of his mind.
(c) He never worked in a hospital.
(d) He did not know what he was doing.

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

15. How Jim describe his mother following her change in demeanor during his childhood?
(a) Sort of dead.
(b) Rigid and cold.
(c) Weak in mind.
(d) Angry and mean.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mac claim will do Jim no good without on-the-scene training and experience?

3. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Mac warn will happen if Anderson's farm is touched at all?

4. How does London react to Mac's suggestion for someone else as general chairman?

5. What is decided that needs to be done at the end of Chapter 3?

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