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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. At the end of Chapter 1, what does Harry predict will happen to Jim?

2. Who organizes the men on Anderson's farm land?

3. What does Mac give to Joy so that he stops bothering Jim's typing?

4. What does Al express concern about while Jim and Mac eat at his Lunch Wagon?

5. Why is Dakin better off than most other migrant workers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the specific situation that occurred that Mac recounts as the reason for why Joy is "screwy."

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

3. Why does Jim not mind the hard work and life of Party members that Harry explains to him?

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

5. In Chapter 4, how is Mac's claim that the man who tries to scare you is usually scared of you an analogy to the strike?

6. What are the sounds playing at the end of Chapter 6?

7. How does Dan break his hip?

8. Why does Mac have the clothes burned after helping Lisa give birth?

9. Why does Mac strategize about bringing a doctor onto the strikers' camping ground?

10. 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"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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.

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