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

2. What are Mike and Mary missing at the end of Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) The money from the boarding business.
(b) The mill paycheck.
(c) Their families.
(d) Their friends in Braddock.

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

4. What happens to Mike after the election?
(a) He is beaten up by a co-worker.
(b) He receives his usual pay.
(c) He is fired.
(d) His is scheduled full time at the mill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Agnes?

2. Why is Dobie against company unions?

3. What does the steel mill remind workers of on election day?

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

5. How long does Dobie work in Detroit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does George come to live with Mary? Is George's behavior towards Mary that of a loving father?

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

10. 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?

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