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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 Mary do within one month of Mike's death?
(a) She moves to two rooms.
(b) She moves in with her father.
(c) She takes in a boarder.
(d) She finds a job.

2. What event is causing economic conditions to worsen in the factories and mills?
(a) The Spoils System.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) Fallout from World War I.

3. Why are people standing around Dobie and Julie's house when they arrive home after shopping?
(a) George has collapsed.
(b) George is drunk in the front yard.
(c) A union sign is in the front yard.
(d) Graffiti has been written on their house.

4. Why does George collect accident compensation?
(a) George is run over by a car.
(b) George breaks his leg.
(c) George has a car accident.
(d) George fractures his arm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dobie, which item needs to be purchased next?

2. What position is Dobie elected to in the new union?

3. How does George's death affect Dobie and Julie's financial situation?

4. Who takes family pictures before Mikie leaves to catch a train back to New York?

5. Who visits Mary and Mike in the spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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.

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. 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.

9. 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?

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

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