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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is set on fire that enrages the men and sparks the impending riot?
(a) The men's food.
(b) Doc Burton's tent.
(c) Joy's coffin.
(d) Anderson's barn.

2. How does Mac explain vigilantes to Jim; what are they?
(a) Men without direction.
(b) Guys who like to hurt people.
(c) Insomniacs.
(d) Men who are bored.

3. What does Doc claim he would do if he were the boss of the other side?
(a) Apologize for Joy.
(b) Shoot Mac.
(c) Not allow the funeral.
(d) Help out the strikers.

4. What does Mac notice as strange when he looks up at the watchers on the nearby buildings?
(a) They are crying.
(b) There are no women.
(c) They are armed.
(d) They are not armed.

5. Where does the paper accuse the strikers of coming from?
(a) South America.
(b) China.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

6. What image ends Chapter 11?
(a) London's nephew.
(b) A candle going out.
(c) Flickering flames.
(d) An owl in the night,

7. At the end of Chapter 10, what historical battle does Jim tell Mac to calm his worries?
(a) Battle of Thermopylae.
(b) Battle of Marathon.
(c) Battle of Iwo Jima.
(d) Battle of Salamis.

8. What does Doc Burton say he is almost out of?
(a) Disinfectant.
(b) Bandages.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) Syringes.

9. How many men are left behind to guard the camp?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Two hundred.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what does Mac drape over Joy's coffin?
(a) A red, velvet blanket.
(b) Letters from sympathizers.
(c) Rose petals.
(d) An American flag.

11. Why does Mac decide against putting Joy on public display during the funeral march?
(a) Mac is scared of the repercussions.
(b) Mac does not want the body to be ruined.
(c) Mac does not want anyone shooting at it.
(d) Joy looks too peaceful.

12. What does Doc Burton describe as taking over during mob action?
(a) Angry man.
(b) Animalistic tendencies.
(c) Group man.
(d) Irrational thought.

13. What does Lisa observe about Dan when she visits him in his tent?
(a) He needs another enema.
(b) He needs more food.
(c) He is getting better.
(d) He is dying.

14. What does Lisa tell Jim because she feels close to him?
(a) Poems.
(b) Riddles.
(c) Stories.
(d) Secrets.

15. What name does the paper call the pickers?
(a) Fruit tramps.
(b) Cotton deviants.
(c) Troublemakers.
(d) Dirty vagabonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the hideout that Mac tells Jim about in case either of them is seized?

2. To whom does Mac write a letter asking for help?

3. At the end of Chapter 10, who is beaten up by the vigilantes?

4. What does London offer to give the men to eat at the end of Chapter 14?

5. Who sends out the squads of men the morning following Joy's death?

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