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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is delivered by truck to the camp?
(a) Disinfectant.
(b) Food.
(c) Joy's coffin.
(d) Guns.

5. Who do the group of men decide is the next labor leader to die following Joy?
(a) Mac.
(b) London.
(c) Sam.
(d) Jim.

6. At the beginning of Chapter 14, what does the paper Mac picks up falsely accuse the strikers of?
(a) Assassinating non-Party members.
(b) Destroying Joy's body.
(c) Holding people hostage.
(d) Committing all acts of violence.

7. 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.

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

9. Why does Doc Burton think Dan is upset?
(a) Dan is not able to walk well.
(b) Dan is not able to go to the funeral.
(c) Dan is not able to say goodbye to Joy.
(d) Dan's hip is not healing.

10. What are the deputies on the road complaining about and might start shooting back at?
(a) Armored trucks.
(b) Land mines.
(c) Rock throwers.
(d) Picketers.

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

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

13. What does Mac hope will happen once again, the same as with Burke, to incite the men to fight?
(a) Becoming a turncoat.
(b) Rebelling against the cause.
(c) Dying for the cause.
(d) Spilling a little blood.

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

15. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what day of the strike is it when the men organize a picket to meet the train?
(a) Day four.
(b) Day one.
(c) Day two.
(d) Day three.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jim pass out to a group of men?

3. What does Mac believe will help get the people on their side in light of Joy's death?

4. What does Sam brag about being a part of?

5. Why is Dan seeming to lose his mind, according to Doc Burton?

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