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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the group of men complain about having to do?
(a) Make appointments with Doc Burton.
(b) Dig their own latrines.
(c) Hunt for their own food.
(d) Wait three days to bury Joy.

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

3. What does Doc Burton observe about Mac and the way he is around the men?
(a) He contradicts himself all the time.
(b) He changes constantly.
(c) He always sounds like his audience.
(d) He is not consistent with his lectures.

4. What does London offer to give the men to eat at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Peaches and sardines.
(b) Raw meat.
(c) Fruit and vegetables.
(d) Lentil soup.

5. What does Mac tell Jim about winning the strike and the cause?
(a) Winning is not all they are after.
(b) They are only doing it for show.
(c) They do not care about winning.
(d) Winning is all that matters.

6. Who does Bolter accuse Mac of being sent by?
(a) Russian intelligence.
(b) Non-Party members.
(c) Communist leaders.
(d) Red headquarters

7. Who decides to join the Party?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Mrs. Dakin.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Al.

8. What does Mac think about Doc Burton in terms of his beliefs?
(a) He is not convicted enough to his beliefs.
(b) He does not know enough about the Party.
(c) He is too narrow minded.
(d) He is too far left.

9. What does London suggest that Mac do for Joy's funeral in the morning?
(a) Start a riot.
(b) Make the speech.
(c) Divert attention from Joy to the cause.
(d) Lead the march.

10. At the end of Chapter 13, who is madly raving and needs an enema?
(a) Dan.
(b) London.
(c) Jim.
(d) Sam.

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

12. Why does Mac want to bring Joy's body back to the strikers' camp?
(a) To remove the bullets out commemorative decoration.
(b) To keep Joy's body from the non-Party members.
(c) To cremate his body.
(d) To keep the men together.

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

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

15. Who sends out the squads of men the morning following Joy's death?
(a) Dakin and London.
(b) London and Mac.
(c) Dakin and Jim.
(d) Mac and Jim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Doc Burton think Dan is upset?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what does Mac drape over Joy's coffin?

3. How many men does it take to pick and clear Anderson's crop?

4. At what time does Mac plan the funeral march to match the highest traffic time?

5. What are the deputies on the road complaining about and might start shooting back at?

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