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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oftentimes, when was a woman placed on the assembly line?
(a) When the work was easy.
(b) When the previous two workers had been seen doubling up their tasks.
(c) When management had no one else to do the job.
(d) Whenever she wanted because there was no gender difference.

2. Why did Hamper's dad often denounce African-Americans?
(a) He wanted to deflect his guilt onto someone else.
(b) He wanted to raise his children to be white supremacists.
(c) He was genuinely racist.
(d) He had an on-going feud with an African-American man at work.

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

4. At work, what did Dan-O like to do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Drink beer.
(c) Read.
(d) Play practical jokes.

5. What was the job Hamper first wanted to have?
(a) Construction worker.
(b) Factory worker.
(c) Airline pilot.
(d) Ambulance driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his sophomore year of high school, what did Hamper name his rather large collection of poems?

2. What was the name of Hamper's first supervisor?

3. At the beginning of Chapter Two, what religiously-loaded term did Hamper use to describe Flint?

4. At the beginning of Chapter Four, when Hamper and Bob-A-Lou went to the "State of the Factory" address, what were they given?

5. Why was Robert often angry when he got his check?

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