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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. Why is Dakin better off than most other migrant workers?
(a) He pays dues to the Valley men.
(b) He does delivery work.
(c) His wife comes from a wealthy family.
(d) He works both sides.

2. How does Dan feel about the group of strikers and union about to form?
(a) Neutral.
(b) Positive.
(c) Does not care.
(d) Negative.

3. What is decided that needs to be done at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Joy must be freed from jail.
(b) Jim needs to buy jeans.
(c) They need to buy supplies.
(d) The strikers need to be motivated.

4. What musical instrument is heard at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) A drum.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A harmonica.
(d) A violin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dan's occupation before becoming a migrant crop worker?

2. Who is elected chairman of the strikers?

3. How does Harry describe the life of a Party member to Jim?

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

5. What are Jim and Mac doing at the beginning of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mac use the analogy of running new hunting dogs with old timers with Jim?

2. How does Mac convince Anderson to let them use his land as a camping ground for the strikers?

3. Why does Mac want to make sure that Doc Burton has no legal or civil problems?

4. In Chapter 6, why does the checker offer Jim money in exchange for information? What information?

5. Why was Jim put in jail before coming to Harry?

6. In Chapter 2, Jim reminisces about mysterious happenings during his childhood; how did this, according to Jim, affect his mother?

7. In Chapter 7, why does Mac need Doc Burton to come and stay on the campsite with the strikers?

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

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

10. What does Jim point out to Dakin when he says that he will pick cotton when all of the apples are picked?

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