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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Dobie pick up at the train station for George's funeral?
(a) Anna.
(b) Francka.
(c) Mikie.
(d) Agnes.

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

4. For what party does Mike vote in the election?
(a) Democrat.
(b) Republican.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Independent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What political party does Mike's candidate represent?

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

3. As Part 4, Chapter 1 begins, what character is now known as Dobie?

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

5. What incident in Pittsburgh upsets Dobie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mary's life and her children's after Mike's death.

2. Who owns the hotel in East Pittsburgh where Dobie stays? Why is this a good thing for Dobie? How does Dobie make money with his electrical skills?

3. What suggestions do Joe and Dorta have for Mary to take care of her children? Is Dorta's suggestion based on logic or emotion?

4. What happens to George at the end of Part 4, Chapter 10? Explain how this event's aftermath is so typical of George's behavior throughout the book.

5. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6, what are Mike and Mary doing to make extra money? Who is giving them pointers?

6. What happens after the rank -and-file delegates meet from different lodges? What does the union do to help the bargaining committees? Why is the unions' stance unfair?

7. When Mary collapses during her pregnancy, she is given instructions by the doctor to rest during the day when "she feels like she need to". What are Mary's responsibilities at this point in the story? What do Mary and Mike decide to do to lighten her responsibilities?

8. Explain why voting for the Socialist Party would be in line with Mike's concerns about the mill at this point.

9. What happens with Dobie and Julie's financial situation as a result of no strike and an improving economy?

10. Where do Mike and Mary move to at the end of Part 2, Chapter 10? What do they have to do to get extra money now that there are no boarders?

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