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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 names does London use to refer to Jim and Mac at the end of Chapter 5 when speaking with Dakin?

2. What does the orchard superintendent threaten to do if London does not comply?

3. What does Mac say has just happened to the pickers in Torgas Valley that could help incite a riot?

4. Who is elected chairman of the strikers?

5. What does Mac think turned the deal with Al's father about using his land as a camping ground for the strikers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jim point out to Dakin when he says that he will pick cotton when all of the apples are picked?

2. Why does Al use his business and his father's land to explain why he does not want to join the cause?

3. Why is Joy incarcerated in Chapter 3?

4. What reason does Jim give Harry wanting to join the Party?

5. In Chapter 7, why does Mac need Doc Burton to come and stay on the campsite with the strikers?

6. Why, according to Mac at the end of Chapter 7, will the whole valley burn if Anderson's farm is touched?

7. Why does Mac want to make sure that Doc Burton has no legal or civil problems?

8. How does Mac use the analogy of running new hunting dogs with old timers with Jim?

9. What is the situation in Torgas Valley with the Growers' Association and the pickers?

10. Why does Joy remind Jim of his father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapters 1 and 2 the reader learns more about the Party, who the members are, and what the organization is like. Use information from the first two chapters to discuss what clues are given to show the grassroots of the men in the Party, their social status, their education, and the level of their organization. How does the information help shape the reader's thoughts about the Party?

Essay Topic 2

Mac states that he uses whatever materials are at hand to accomplish a goal. How does the birthing scene in Chapter 4 exemplify this statement he makes? What is his main goal and how is the birthing scene a foreshadowing of what is to come? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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