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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 is Dobie discussing with a man named Stever from Uniontown?
(a) Politics.
(b) The worker unions.
(c) The company unions.
(d) The economy.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 4, Chapter 11, what is happening to union membership?

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

3. What are Mike and Mary missing at the end of Part 2, Chapter 10?

4. According to Mikie, what could threaten Dobie's job?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dobie's private life change during the Depression? What happens in his work life?

2. At the beginning of Part 4, Chapter 11, what is happening to unions in steel towns? What does this mean for union workers such as Dobie?

3. What brings about labor problems at the mill? What does Johnny do as a result of the unrest?

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

5. What directives does the company give the mill workers on how to vote? Does Mike follow the directives?

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

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

8. 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.

9. At the end of Pat 2, Chapter 14, what happens after George goes out drinking the day before Anna's baby's christening?

10. 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?

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