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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 Mac tell Doc Burton about the strike situation?
2. What does Mac lament doing after the men who try to steal their paper leave?
3. What does Mac have the men do after the birth so that they can share in the experience and participate.
4. For what reason does Jim tell Harry that he was jailed for a vagrancy charge?
5. How does Dan feel about the group of strikers and union about to form?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the sounds playing at the end of Chapter 6?
2. Why does Jim not mind the hard work and life of Party members that Harry explains to him?
3. What is the specific situation that occurred that Mac recounts as the reason for why Joy is "screwy."
4. Why is Joy incarcerated in Chapter 3?
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. Why is Dakin afraid of being involved in the strike?
7. What is the situation in Torgas Valley with the Growers' Association and the pickers?
8. In Chapter 7, why does Mac need Doc Burton to come and stay on the campsite with the strikers?
9. Why does Al use his business and his father's land to explain why he does not want to join the cause?
10. In Chapter 6, why does the checker offer Jim money in exchange for information? What information?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Violence plays a key role throughout "In Dubious Battle." Both sides of the strike employ violence, sometimes differently but, towards the end of the novel, quite similarly. Describe how both sides of the fight use violence and how their use of violence ultimately amounts to little. Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 10, Sam savagely beats up one of the checkers before Jim is shot. Can the reader feel sympathy for the checker and the other side of the battle? Why, or why not? Think about social context, war tactics and the mentality of either side. Can both sides have sympathy from the reader? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
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