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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 is Mac worried about the morning following Joy's death?

2. What does Mac wish he could get for Doc Burton?

3. What name does the paper call the pickers?

4. At the end of Chapter 13, who is madly raving and needs an enema?

5. What does Mac claim the men will feel even if they lose the fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joy's death in Chapter 9 solidify the men in their cause?

2. What happens towards the end of Chapter 9 that Mac is blamed for?

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

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

5. Why does Dakin call Mac cold-blooded?

6. Why is Dan appearing to be losing his mind when Jim goes to speak with him?

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

8. What does Mac want to happen again, similar to Burke's incident, that he believes will push the men forward?

9. What reasoning does Doc Burton give for why he is working so hard for the Party but is not a Party member?

10. What happens after Sam burns Hunter's house as retaliation for the vigilantes burning Anderson's farm.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anderson's barn is burned in Chapter 13, which creates a turning point within the narrative. Mac warned earlier on in the novel that if the Anderson's farm was touched, the entire Valley will burn. How does this prediction come to fruition? How is the barn the turning point in the novel as predicted? Use 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

London and Mac both assume leadership roles among the men throughout the novel. Who is truly the better choice? Why? What attributes do these two men have that are advantages for a leader and disadvantages for a leader? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

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