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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Jim claim is his reason for wanting to join the Party?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) No one.
(d) Harry.

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

4. What does Mac give to Joy so that he stops bothering Jim's typing?
(a) A book on political warfare.
(b) A letter from his family.
(c) A copy of New Masses.
(d) A documentary film on the Party.

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

6. What does Mac have the men do after the birth so that they can share in the experience and participate.
(a) Gather blankets and pillows.
(b) Burn the birthing clothes.
(c) Document the birth in a journal.
(d) Take pictures.

7. Who does the checker try to bribe for information at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Jim.
(b) Dakin.
(c) London.
(d) Mac.

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

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

10. Why does Harry make a point of taking the paper with him when he takes Jim to the house?
(a) He does not want anyone stealing his ideas.
(b) Someone will take the paper if he does not.
(c) The cops go through the place regularly.
(d) He does not want Jim to read it.

11. What as Mac sent away for the previous night that he expects the next morning?
(a) Guns.
(b) Stamps.
(c) Amunition.
(d) Posters.

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

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

14. What happens to Dan when he is trying to get out of the tree?
(a) Breaks his hip.
(b) Breaks his ankle.
(c) Breaks his leg.
(d) Breaks his back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Mac and Jim convince Al of letting them meet while at his Lunch Wagon?

2. What is projected that the county will do if the strikers begin to picket?

3. What does Jim reminisce about from his childhood while watching the countryside go by?

4. What does Mac say is needed on the strikers' camping site in order to keep the camp legal?

5. For what reason does Jim tell Harry that he was jailed for a vagrancy charge?

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