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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. How many men does it take to pick and clear Anderson's crop?
(a) Seven hundred.
(b) Four hundred.
(c) Nine hundred.
(d) Five hundred.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what day of the strike is it when the men organize a picket to meet the train?
(a) Day one.
(b) Day four.
(c) Day three.
(d) Day two.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what does Mac have the men doing at the camp before the strikers arrive?
(a) Gather food.
(b) Raise funds.
(c) Set up tents.
(d) Dig latrines.

4. Who disappears in Chapter 13?
(a) London.
(b) Jim.
(c) Doc Burton.
(d) Mac.

5. What does London offer to give the men to eat at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Peaches and sardines.
(b) Raw meat.
(c) Fruit and vegetables.
(d) Lentil soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is delivered by truck to the camp?

2. Why does Dakin lose his mind, bite a cop, and end up incarcerated?

3. What does Doc Burton say to Mac about Joy's body?

4. What image ends Chapter 11?

5. What does Mac claim the men will feel even if they lose the fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Dakin call Mac cold-blooded?

3. What is the big mistake Mac claims that the vigilantes made in Chapter 9?

4. Who is group man?

5. Why does Mac put Doc Burton in a tent with ten armed guards to protect him?

6. What happens towards the end of Chapter 9 that Mac is blamed for?

7. What does Doc Burton admire about Mac's speech during Joy's funeral?

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

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

10. Why is Dakin incarcerated for biting a cop?

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