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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When George comes to live with Mary in Munhall Hollow, how much rent does he pay?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Thirty dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. Who does management finally agree to meet with after the rank-and-file workers are ignored?
(a) Bargaining units.
(b) Workers selected by management.
(c) Wage and hour administrators.
(d) Senate committees.

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

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

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

13. Who is the Superintendent of the mill?
(a) Flack.
(b) Paul.
(c) Spetz.
(d) Dobie.

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

15. Who watches Mary's children when Mary goes out to work?
(a) Kuska.
(b) Francka.
(c) George.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary do within one month of Mike's death?

2. Who has the union groups' charters revoked?

3. Who joins George on his visit to Dorta's?

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

5. What household item would Julie like to purchase next?

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