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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 want from the strike chairman after seeing the false newspaper headline?

2. Who sends out the squads of men the morning following Joy's death?

3. What is delivered by truck to the camp?

4. At the end of Chapter 10, what historical battle does Jim tell Mac to calm his worries?

5. Who has left the camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to London when an outside agitator tries to turn the crowd against him?

2. In Chapter 13, how does the reader see that there is a thin line between the migrant workers and the townspeople during the funeral march?

3. To whom does Jim attribute his cool demeanor when London praises him for it?

4. Why is Dakin incarcerated for biting a cop?

5. After Jim tells a group of men about Joy being a kind of labor leader, what do they say in return?

6. Where do the cows, bull calf, and lima beans for the strikers come from?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what kinds of necessities are built on the campsite.

8. Why do Dakin and London send out squads of men at the beginning of Chapter 10?

9. Why does Mac put Doc Burton in a tent with ten armed guards to protect him?

10. Why does Mac decide against leaving Joy's coffin open during the funeral?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

What is group man? How is it its own character although it is a collective of people? How is group man different from the individual? How does the collective become an additional danger to the outside dangers already present to the men? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

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