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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 happens to Dan when he is trying to get out of the tree?

2. Who approaches Jim and Mac saying that the committee wants a report?

3. Why does Jim think his mother died while he was in jail for a vagrancy charge?

4. What is Mac's dream about the the strike and causing a lot of fuss?

5. Who does Mac tell Jim not to bother trying to convert to the Party?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. In Chapter 2, Jim reminisces about mysterious happenings during his childhood; how did this, according to Jim, affect his mother?

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

6. In Chapter 6, why does the checker offer Jim money in exchange for information? What information?

7. How does Mac convince Anderson to let them use his land as a camping ground for the strikers?

8. Why does Joy remind Jim of his father?

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

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

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

Jim and Doc Burton discuss religion in Chapter 11. Jim's devotion to the cause is almost a religious devotion which Doc Burton points out; however Jim recoils at the idea of religion. How are these two characters similar yet different? How does this conversation shed light on those similarities and differences? Write an essay that compares and contrasts Doc Burton and Jim, using the conversation in Chapter 11 as the anchor for the argument.

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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