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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. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what does Mac drape over Joy's coffin?

2. To whom does Mac write a letter asking for help?

3. At the end of Chapter 12, who takes over during London's speech as he stumbles over his words?

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

5. Where does the paper accuse the strikers of coming from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dakin incarcerated for biting a cop?

2. What does the false headline in the paper claim that infuriates Mac?

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

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

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

6. Why does Doc Burton make the remark about shooting Mac if he were the boss of the other side?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mac claims several times that blood spillage is good for the cause. Is he a sympathetic or unsympathetic character because of this frame of thinking? Why or why not? Support your answer with specific information from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Is Dakin a likable character? Can the reader trust him? What sets him apart from the other men? What is it about Dakin that the reader is not fully convinced about? Write an essay that supports these claims and also shows how these suspicions about Dakin can foreshadow his eventual downfall.

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