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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. What does Jim admit about the possibility of Lisa dying during the delivery process?
(a) It would have devastated the men.
(b) It would have been worth the gamble.
(c) London would never speak to him again.
(d) It was his greatest fear during the experience.

2. How many people own and oversee the Growers' Association?
(a) Three men.
(b) One man.
(c) Two men.
(d) Four men.

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

4. What does Dakin predict the growers will bring in if the workers organize a strike?
(a) Sympathizers.
(b) Homeless people.
(c) Scabs.
(d) Felons.

5. What does Jim decline to which Mac responds that Jim has no vices?
(a) A smoke.
(b) Cash.
(c) A beer.
(d) A gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim claim men can gain from doing such work that the Party has them do?

2. Who does the orchard superintendent remind London is the judge?

3. What are the only two punishments of the Party?

4. Who does London name as Doc Burton's right-hand-man?

5. For what reason does Mac want reassurance from Doc Burton that he has no civil or legal problems?

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

3. What is the situation in Torgas Valley with the Growers' Association and the pickers?

4. In Chapter 5, what does Old Dan predict happening with the group of strikers in Torgas Valley? What does he mean by "water heaving before the boil"?

5. Why is Dakin afraid of being involved in the strike?

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

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

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

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

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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