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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes family pictures before Mikie leaves to catch a train back to New York?
(a) Anna.
(b) Mikie.
(c) Julie.
(d) Dobie.

2. How old is Mary in this section?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-eight.

3. What household item would Julie like to purchase next?
(a) A stove.
(b) A washing machine.
(c) A sewing machine.
(d) A refrigerator.

4. Why are some of the company's workers fired during the election year?
(a) The workers strike.
(b) The workers vote to go non-union.
(c) The workers won't follow the company's voting directives.
(d) The workers try to organize a union.

5. Why is Agnes unsure of receiving her inheritance from Mary?
(a) The money is in an irrevocable trust.
(b) New laws prevent the money from being disbursed.
(c) The local bank is liquidating.
(d) Dobie is contesting Mary's will.

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

7. Who has the union groups' charters revoked?
(a) Tighe.
(b) Flack.
(c) Amalgamated Steel Company.
(d) A. F. I.

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

9. What does Mike expect to happen after he votes?
(a) Mike expects to get more work hours from the mill.
(b) Mike expects to be ridiculed by his co-workers.
(c) Mike expects to be treated better by the mill.
(d) Mike expects to be fired.

10. How does Dobie learn that there will be no steel mill strike?
(a) By the newspaper.
(b) By a radio broadcast.
(c) From his neighbor.
(d) By a call from Flack.

11. What position is Dobie elected to in the new union?
(a) Committee member.
(b) Treasurer.
(c) President.
(d) Secretary.

12. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 11, who does Mike plan on meeting later for a drink?
(a) Bodnar.
(b) Victor.
(c) John.
(d) Mary.

13. What purchase puts Dobie and Julie back in debt?
(a) A washing machine.
(b) A sewing machine.
(c) A refrigerator.
(d) A television.

14. Who gets a job selling papers two years after Mike's death?
(a) Kuska.
(b) Johnnie.
(c) George.
(d) Mary.

15. How many boarders live with Mike and Mary?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Dobie work in Detroit?

2. What event is causing economic conditions to worsen in the factories and mills?

3. Who is Mary baking a birthday cake for in Part 1, Chapter 5?

4. Why is Dobie against company unions?

5. Who does management finally agree to meet with after the rank-and-file workers are ignored?

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