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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political party does Mike's candidate represent?
(a) Republican.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Democrat.
(d) Independent.

2. What does Julie tell Dobie after George's funeral?
(a) She needs to visit her sister.
(b) She needs to get a job.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She wants to move to New York.

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

4. What is provided to the workers by the steel mill on election day?
(a) Time off to vote.
(b) Campaign handouts.
(c) Free lunches.
(d) Sample ballots.

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

6. How long does Dobie work in Detroit?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Three years.

7. How does George's death affect Dobie and Julie's financial situation?
(a) They will miss his pension.
(b) It won't be affected.
(c) They will inherit George's real estate.
(d) They can save more money.

8. What does the steel mill remind workers of on election day?
(a) Where the workers get their wages from.
(b) Who runs the town's economy.
(c) Who owns the houses where the workers live.
(d) Who controls the number of work hours.

9. What is the purpose of the C.I.O.?
(a) Finances union activities.
(b) Organized industrial unions.
(c) Organizes strikes for workers.
(d) Mediates with company executives.

10. In Part 4, Chapter 7, what do mill workers want in regards to their union?
(a) Lower fees.
(b) Union recognition.
(c) Shorter work hours.
(d) Higher pay.

11. How much money does Mary receive from the accident compensation plan?
(a) Thirteen hundred dollars.
(b) Three hundred dollars.
(c) One thousand dollars.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

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

13. Who dies at the end of Part 3, Chapter 6?
(a) Pauline.
(b) George.
(c) Mary.
(d) Johnnie.

14. What happens to George that awakens Dobie and Julie in the middle of the night?
(a) George suffers a heart attack.
(b) George wanders away from the house.
(c) George is sleepwalking.
(d) George has another stroke.

15. At the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 1, what year is it?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1914.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets a job selling papers two years after Mike's death?

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

3. How does Dobie learn that there will be no steel mill strike?

4. What position is Dobie elected to in the new union?

5. For what party does Mike vote in the election?

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