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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 is projected that the county will do if the strikers begin to picket?
(a) Throw everyone in jail.
(b) Bring in extra police.
(c) Pass an ordinance against gathering.
(d) Cave in to the strikers' demands.

2. What does the orchard superintendent threaten to do if London does not comply?
(a) Jail them for life.
(b) Blacklist them all.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Banish them from the city.

3. What do Jim and Mac catch a ride on at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The subway.
(b) A boat.
(c) A cop car.
(d) A freight train.

4. What does Mac admit to feeling good about at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Getting the men to work together.
(b) Delivering the baby successfully.
(c) Keeping the mother alive.
(d) Sterilizing the pocketknife.

5. Who does the checker try to bribe for information at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) London.
(b) Jim.
(c) Mac.
(d) Dakin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mac claim will do Jim no good without on-the-scene training and experience?

3. How will Mac get early warning that the scabs have arrived in town?

4. What does Jim decline to which Mac responds that Jim has no vices?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Dan break his hip?

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. What is the specific situation that occurred that Mac recounts as the reason for why Joy is "screwy."

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

7. What does the orchard superintendent tell London to do?

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

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

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

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