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

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

3. Who forms the Committee for Industrial Organization?
(a) Harry F. Burke.
(b) John I. Lewis.
(c) John Hagerty.
(d) Dobie.

4. Who receives insurance money from Mary's death?
(a) George.
(b) Dobie and Agnes.
(c) Dobie and Anna.
(d) Dobie and Mikie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mike and Mary decide about their boarding business?

2. When George comes to live with Mary in Munhall Hollow, how much rent does he pay?

3. Who watches Mary's children when Mary goes out to work?

4. In Part 4, Chapter 7, what do mill workers want in regards to their union?

5. Who visits Mary and Mike in the spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1 of Part 4, which character becomes the third generation's main character of the story line? Describe this character.

2. What does the company warn workers about concerning union recognition? Is Dobie swayed by the warnings? Explain how his feelings towards the company's warnings mirror his father's voting practices earlier in the book.

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

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

5. Who comes in from New York for George's funeral? What feelings does Dobie express about living and working in Braddock to Mikie? What does this once again say about Dobie's resolve?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. What does Julie tell Dobie after the funeral? Why has their financial situation gotten even worse with George's death?

10. What is the extent of Dobie's involvement with the union activities at the end of Part 4, Chapter 11 ? Explain.

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