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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 Lisa observe about Dan when she visits him in his tent?
(a) He needs more food.
(b) He is getting better.
(c) He is dying.
(d) He needs another enema.

2. At the end of Chapter 10, what historical battle does Jim tell Mac to calm his worries?
(a) Battle of Iwo Jima.
(b) Battle of Marathon.
(c) Battle of Salamis.
(d) Battle of Thermopylae.

3. What is Mac worried about the morning following Joy's death?
(a) More men dying.
(b) Joy not being remembered.
(c) No one caring about Joy.
(d) The strike breaking.

4. At the end of Chapter 12, who takes over during London's speech as he stumbles over his words?
(a) Dan.
(b) Jim.
(c) Mac.
(d) Doc Burton.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 13, how does Dick get the cows, the bull calf, and the lima beans?
(a) He bribes a farmer.
(b) He raises funds from numerous sympathizers.
(c) He romances an old lady.
(d) He robs a bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doc Burton say he is almost out of?

2. Who hops off the train and is shot three times?

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

4. In Chapter 11, what is the incident that Mac claims will enrage the men?

5. What does Mac notice as strange when he looks up at the watchers on the nearby buildings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dakin call Mac cold-blooded?

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

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

6. Who is group man?

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

8. How does group man take over in Sam and Jim's group?

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

10. Why does Doc Burton make the remark about shooting Mac if he were the boss of the other side?

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