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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 claim men can gain from doing such work that the Party has them do?
2. What does Mac admit to feeling good about at the end of Chapter 4?
3. For what does Harry express surprise concerning Jim's past?
4. What does Jim wonder that Dan should be doing instead of manual labor?
5. What musical instrument is heard at the end of Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Mac want to make sure that Doc Burton has no legal or civil problems?
2. How does Mac explain the process of a strike to Jim?
3. What does the orchard superintendent tell London to do?
4. What are the sounds playing at the end of Chapter 6?
5. How does Dan break his hip?
6. How does Mac use the analogy of running new hunting dogs with old timers with Jim?
7. Why does Al use his business and his father's land to explain why he does not want to join the cause?
8. 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"?
9. How does Mac convince Anderson to let them use his land as a camping ground for the strikers?
10. What is the specific situation that occurred that Mac recounts as the reason for why Joy is "screwy."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mac claims several times that blood spillage is good for the cause. Is he a sympathetic or unsympathetic character because of this frame of thinking? Why or why not? Support your answer with specific information from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Jim's sudden death in Chapter 15 is shocking to the reader, who believes that it is Jim who will take over the cause because of his intelligence and calmness. However, would a living Jim be too dangerous for the cause? Mac once noted that he would hit Jim for being too smart and always right. Could this have been Jim's downfall had he lived and taken over the cause? Prove or disprove this statement with specific examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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