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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 are the men doing before that they have to be sent out to do something?

2. Who hops off the train and is shot three times?

3. Who has left the camp?

4. Who is shot during the scuffle involving scabs?

5. What is in London's tent when he invites Mac and Jim inside?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the big mistake Mac claims that the vigilantes made in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When a rubber band is stretched, it reaches a point where it is stretched as far as it can go and can snap. Chapter 13 is the heightened action that Steinbeck uses all of the previous chapters to work towards. Winning or losing the strike will all depend on the actions of the following day in Chapter 14. Liken Chapter 13 to that of the stretched rubber band analogy and Chapter 14 as what will happen to the rubber band.

Essay Topic 2

Mac states that he uses whatever materials are at hand to accomplish a goal. How does the birthing scene in Chapter 4 exemplify this statement he makes? What is his main goal and how is the birthing scene a foreshadowing of what is to come? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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