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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Joanie and Hamper get married when she became pregnant?
(a) They were finally eighteen and able to make their own decisions.
(b) Hamper wanted to escape his mother's home.
(c) Abortion and adoption were unheard-of in their religious circle.
(d) They loved each other.

2. Why did GM not hire Hamper when he wanted to apply?
(a) He had to be twenty-one to work there.
(b) He did not have good job references.
(c) During the recession, the factory wasn't hiring.
(d) They did not want to hire any more Hampers.

3. According to Hamper, what percentage of Flint was linked to the auto factories?
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 23.5.
(d) 66.5.

4. Why did Hamper fight the career trend toward the GM factory?
(a) He didn't want to do anything the way his father had.
(b) He wanted to spite Joanie by staying lazy and poor.
(c) He had bigger dreams than the factory.
(d) He'd known since tenth grade that he would work there.

5. What victory did Hamper enjoy, though the Olympic gold medal wasn't real?
(a) He was working ahead so that he could take a break.
(b) The clock hand moved a couple more minutes.
(c) He was the fastest worker on the Rivet Line.
(d) He had beaten a personal record for one truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hamper take a long time learning his job on the Rivet Line?

2. At work, what did Dan-O like to do?

3. What was Roy's plan for his job?

4. What was the job Hamper first wanted to have?

5. How did Hamper and Dave Steel initially bond?

(see the answer key)

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