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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. How much does Bolter, the new president of the fruit Growers' Association, offer to raise the wages of the strikers?

2. What reminds Mac that Doc Burton needs protection in the camp?

3. What does Sam brag about being a part of?

4. What does London suggest that Mac do for Joy's funeral in the morning?

5. Why does Dakin lose his mind, bite a cop, and end up incarcerated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does group man take over in Sam and Jim's group?

2. What does Doc Burton admire about Mac's speech during Joy's funeral?

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

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

5. What does Dick agree with Mac on concerning Joy's death?

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

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

8. What does the paper say about the strikers at the beginning of Chapter 14?

9. What does Sam brag about to Jim when they go out in a group together?

10. Why does Doc Burton feel sorry for Anderson in Chapter 11?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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