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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 Julie tell Dobie after George's funeral?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She needs to visit her sister.
(c) She needs to get a job.
(d) She wants to move to New York.

2. Who is the Superintendent of the mill?
(a) Paul.
(b) Flack.
(c) Spetz.
(d) Dobie.

3. Who takes family pictures before Mikie leaves to catch a train back to New York?
(a) Dobie.
(b) Mikie.
(c) Julie.
(d) Anna.

4. How long does Dobie work in Detroit?
(a) Two years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Five years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that Mary should take in boarders to earn money?

2. Why is Dobie against company unions?

3. Who dies at the end of Part 3, Chapter 6?

4. How does Dobie learn that there will be no steel mill strike?

5. Why are some of the company's workers fired during the election year?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

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

9. 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.

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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