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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Hamper begins Chapter Five, what does he think is the worst part of unemployment?
(a) The unemployment line.
(b) Less money.
(c) No job security.
(d) His mother hassling him to get a job.

2. Why did Hamper grow up in a neighborhood of houses that all look alike?
(a) The houses were built during a recession when buyers did not have much money.
(b) The neighborhood architect didn't have a good imagination.
(c) The neighborhood was built simply to house new factory employees.
(d) All Flint residential neighborhoods look the same.

3. Why did Hamper make the honor roll his sophomore year of high school?
(a) He had plenty of time to study while babysitting his younger siblings.
(b) He decided he never wanted to work in a factory.
(c) His father was intimidating him into getting good grades.
(d) He was still motivated from his freshman year.

4. In pretending that he's competing in the Olympics, who are his opponents?
(a) Brazilians.
(b) Germans.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Japanese.

5. How did Hamper and Dave Steel initially bond?
(a) Over Hamper's article that rock music was dead.
(b) They worked next to each other on the assembly line.
(c) Hamper invited Dave for a drink.
(d) Hamper asked Dave why he stood up to the supervisor.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter Four, where was Hamper writing the book?

2. How had Hamper imagined his father's work before he saw it?

3. What music did Hamper and his coworkers listen to at work?

4. If a person had to wait in the chairs along the edges of the unemployment office, what did Hamper recommend that he do?

5. Why was Hamper expelled from his Catholic high school?

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