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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 are the squads of men being sent out to do?
(a) Raise funds for Joy's funeral.
(b) Kill non-Party members.
(c) Find strikebreakers.
(d) Mourn Joy.

2. To whom does Mac write a letter asking for help?
(a) Harry.
(b) Hunter.
(c) London.
(d) Dakin.

3. What does Mac want to do for retaliation against what is set on fire?
(a) Burn Hunter's house.
(b) Beat up strikebreakers.
(c) Put Joy's body on display.
(d) Assassinate the Valley owners.

4. What does Sam claim to be blacklisted as?
(a) A turncoat.
(b) An assassin.
(c) A longshoreman.
(d) A sympathizer.

5. Who accuses Mac of being insensitive and cold-blooded after Mac says he wants to take Joy's body back to camp?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Dakin.
(c) Jim.
(d) Doc Burton.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what does Mac have the men doing at the camp before the strikers arrive?

2. At what time does Mac plan the funeral march to match the highest traffic time?

3. What does Mac tell Jim about winning the strike and the cause?

4. At the end of Chapter 13, who is madly raving and needs an enema?

5. At the end of Chapter 10, who is beaten up by the vigilantes?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Jim tells a group of men about Joy being a kind of labor leader, what do they say in return?

2. What does Mac warn Bolter about when Bolter accuses him of being sent by Red headquarters?

3. Why is Dan appearing to be losing his mind when Jim goes to speak with him?

4. In Chapter 13, how does the reader see that there is a thin line between the migrant workers and the townspeople during the funeral march?

5. Why does Mac decide against leaving Joy's coffin open during the funeral?

6. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what kinds of necessities are built on the campsite.

7. How does Joy's death in Chapter 9 solidify the men in their cause?

8. What does the paper say about the strikers at the beginning of Chapter 14?

9. What does Mac want to happen again, similar to Burke's incident, that he believes will push the men forward?

10. Who is group man?

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