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

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

3. How many boarders live with Mike and Mary?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Twelve.

4. Who suggests that Mary should take in boarders to earn money?
(a) Anna.
(b) George.
(c) Joe.
(d) Dorta.

5. At the beginning of Part 4, Chapter 11, what is happening to union membership?
(a) Union membership is abolished.
(b) Union membership is decreasing.
(c) Union membership is increasing.
(d) Union membership is neither increasing or decreasing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company is Dobie's first employer in Detroit?

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

3. Which candidate is Mike's choice in the election?

4. Why does George collect accident compensation?

5. Who does Dobie pick up at the train station for George's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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