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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is in the meeting with management for Dobie's mill?
(a) Dobie.
(b) George.
(c) Paul.
(d) Carnegie.

2. With how many children has Mike left Mary?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. Who suggests that Mary should remarry soon?
(a) George.
(b) Anna.
(c) Joe.
(d) Dorta.

4. Who breaks the news to Mary about Mike's death?
(a) Johnnie.
(b) Francka.
(c) Andrej.
(d) George.

5. What does Mary do within one month of Mike's death?
(a) She finds a job.
(b) She moves in with her father.
(c) She moves to two rooms.
(d) She takes in a boarder.

6. As Part 4, Chapter 1 begins, what character is now known as Dobie?
(a) George.
(b) Johnnie.
(c) Mikie.
(d) Joe.

7. Who is Tighe?
(a) A union leader.
(b) A company man.
(c) A mill worker.
(d) A local politician.

8. Who visits Mary and Mike in the spring?
(a) George.
(b) Borka.
(c) Joe Perovsky.
(d) Paul Caudle.

9. Who is Agnes?
(a) Mike's co-worker.
(b) A boarder.
(c) Mike and Mary's daughter.
(d) Mary's best friend.

10. In what state are Mike and Mary's finances at the end of Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) They are able to buy stock.
(b) They are able to save money every week.
(c) They are able to invest in other property.
(d) They are using their savings.

11. What do Mike and Mary decide about their boarding business?
(a) To end the business.
(b) To raise the rent.
(c) To make no changes.
(d) To take in more boarders.

12. Who objects to Dobie's time being spent on a legitimate union?
(a) Mikie.
(b) Joe.
(c) Julie.
(d) George.

13. What plan does Mary have to help with finances?
(a) To look for a job herself.
(b) To take out a loan at the bank.
(c) For Mike to find a full time job.
(d) To move to a larger house and take in boarders.

14. Where does Dobie go after leaving Detroit?
(a) New York.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Grand Rapids.
(d) Boston.

15. According to Mikie, what could threaten Dobie's job?
(a) Economy.
(b) Automation.
(c) World War II.
(d) Strikes.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6, who gives Mary lessons about running a boarding house?

2. Who does Dobie pick up at the train station for George's funeral?

3. What does the steel mill remind workers of on election day?

4. Who suggests that Mary should take in boarders to earn money?

5. What makes Mike and Mary happy about their boarding business decision?

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