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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Mac warn will happen if Anderson's farm is touched at all?
(a) The men will lose faith.
(b) The Party will dissolve.
(c) The whole valley will burn.
(d) The men will gain more power.

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

3. Who approaches Jim and Mac saying that the committee wants a report?
(a) A troupe of officers.
(b) The Growers' Association head.
(c) A private detective.
(d) The Valley men.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How Jim describe his mother following her change in demeanor during his childhood?

2. Why does Harry make a point of taking the paper with him when he takes Jim to the house?

3. What does Al express concern about while Jim and Mac eat at his Lunch Wagon?

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

5. What does Harry do to show that he is considering Jim for Party membership?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Al use his business and his father's land to explain why he does not want to join the cause?

2. Why does Jim not mind the hard work and life of Party members that Harry explains to him?

3. Why does Mac say that if Lisa had died the birthing experience would still have been worthwhile?

4. Why does Mac have the clothes burned after helping Lisa give birth?

5. Why does Joy remind Jim of his father?

6. Why does Mac strategize about bringing a doctor onto the strikers' camping ground?

7. How does Mac explain the process of a strike to Jim?

8. Why is Joy incarcerated in Chapter 3?

9. Why is field work so dangerous, according to Mac?

10. In Chapter 4, how is Mac's claim that the man who tries to scare you is usually scared of you an analogy to the strike?

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