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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What company is Dobie's first employer in Detroit?
2. According to Mikie, what could threaten Dobie's job?
3. What is the purpose of the C.I.O.?
4. Who breaks the news to Mary about Mike's death?
5. At the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 1, what year is it?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the end of Pat 2, Chapter 14, what happens after George goes out drinking the day before Anna's baby's christening?
2. What directives does the company give the mill workers on how to vote? Does Mike follow the directives?
3. 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?
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. 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. What does Julie tell Dobie after the funeral? Why has their financial situation gotten even worse with George's death?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. Why does George come to live with Mary? Is George's behavior towards Mary that of a loving father?
10. What happens with Dobie and Julie's financial situation as a result of no strike and an improving economy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the relationship between Mary as an adult and her father. Explore the possibility of role reversal.
Essay Topic 2
What characteristics does George have which would be valuable in running a successful business? Which characteristics would be a detriment? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Just as each generation of immigrant does not remain static, the mill's work environment changes as well. Explore the metaphor between each generation of immigrant and the work environment. What does each immigrant contribute to the growth of the mill?
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