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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 Jim wonder that Dan should be doing instead of manual labor?
2. Who does the orchard superintendent remind London is the judge?
3. How Jim describe his mother following her change in demeanor during his childhood?
4. What does Dakin predict the growers will bring in if the workers organize a strike?
5. What does Jim hear at the end of Chapter 6 before he falls asleep?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jim think his mother died?
2. What are the sounds playing at the end of Chapter 6?
3. How does Mac convince Anderson to let them use his land as a camping ground for the strikers?
4. Why does Mac strategize about bringing a doctor onto the strikers' camping ground?
5. 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"?
6. How does Dan break his hip?
7. Why is field work so dangerous, according to Mac?
8. Why was Jim put in jail before coming to Harry?
9. Why does Joy remind Jim of his father?
10. In Chapter 2, Jim reminisces about mysterious happenings during his childhood; how did this, according to Jim, affect his mother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"Men with stomachs" is a phrase mentioned several times in the narrative. What does this phrase mean and what is its significance to the narrative? Who does it include and why is it such a fragile, yet volatile phrase? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Is Dakin a likable character? Can the reader trust him? What sets him apart from the other men? What is it about Dakin that the reader is not fully convinced about? Write an essay that supports these claims and also shows how these suspicions about Dakin can foreshadow his eventual downfall.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 11, Doc Burton marvels at the mass of contradictions he notices in Mac, such as having "clear vision and rose-colored glasses." Point out and discuss these contradictions. Where do these contradictions come from specifically in the novel? Are these contradictions valid? Which side is the true Mac? Which side will ultimately prevail? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
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