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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mac say is needed on the strikers' camping site in order to keep the camp legal?
2. What was Dan's occupation before becoming a migrant crop worker?
3. What does Harry Nilson have of Jim's when Jim reaches his office?
4. Who stops Jim and Mac on their way back from Anderson's land?
5. What is projected that the county will do if the strikers begin to picket?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Jim put in jail before coming to Harry?
2. 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"?
3. How does Mac convince Anderson to let them use his land as a camping ground for the strikers?
4. What does Jim point out to Dakin when he says that he will pick cotton when all of the apples are picked?
5. How does Dan break his hip?
6. Why is Joy incarcerated in Chapter 3?
7. Why does Mac say that if Lisa had died the birthing experience would still have been worthwhile?
8. What is the situation in Torgas Valley with the Growers' Association and the pickers?
9. What does the orchard superintendent tell London to do?
10. Why does Al use his business and his father's land to explain why he does not want to join the cause?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is group man? How is it its own character although it is a collective of people? How is group man different from the individual? How does the collective become an additional danger to the outside dangers already present to the men? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Jim is the protagonist and the system is the antagonist. Support this statement with specific examples from the text that show this contrast and the nature of the relationship between the two.
Essay Topic 3
London and Mac both assume leadership roles among the men throughout the novel. Who is truly the better choice? Why? What attributes do these two men have that are advantages for a leader and disadvantages for a leader? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.
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