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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. To what does Doc Burton compare Jim's feelings toward the cause that offends Jim?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Crime.
(c) Religion.
(d) Brainwashing.

2. What does Mac want from the strike chairman after seeing the false newspaper headline?
(a) A written and public apology.
(b) Food and supplies.
(c) A signed paper that says the truth.
(d) Guns and ammunition.

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

4. What image ends Chapter 11?
(a) Flickering flames.
(b) An owl in the night,
(c) A candle going out.
(d) London's nephew.

5. Why does Mac want to bring Joy's body back to the strikers' camp?
(a) To keep the men together.
(b) To remove the bullets out commemorative decoration.
(c) To keep Joy's body from the non-Party members.
(d) To cremate his body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does London do to an outside agitator that tries to get the crowd to attack him?

2. What does Mac think about Doc Burton in terms of his beliefs?

3. Why does Mac think he should put Joy on public display during the funeral march?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 10, how do the men feel in the morning following Joy's death?

5. How many men are in the squads sent out?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dakin call Mac cold-blooded?

2. Why does Doc Burton feel sorry for Anderson in Chapter 11?

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

4. What does the false headline in the paper claim that infuriates Mac?

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

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

7. Why do Dakin and London send out squads of men at the beginning of Chapter 10?

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

9. What reasoning does Doc Burton give for why he is working so hard for the Party but is not a Party member?

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

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