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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how long was Hamper unemployed before being called back to work?
(a) Nine months.
(b) Six months.
(c) A year.
(d) Three months.

2. When Hamper was a child, why were his friends amused by his dad?
(a) Because his dad told good stories.
(b) Because his dad loved to entertain kids.
(c) Because his dad always gave them an allowance too.
(d) Because their dads were sober and hard-working.

3. Why did Hamper not want to write about being a shop-rat, in an article for the Flint Voice?
(a) He wanted to pretend work was better than it actually was.
(b) He thought it would be too much work.
(c) He thought the topic was boring.
(d) He did not want his coworkers to be offended.

4. As Hamper discovered late one morning, approximately how many employees did GM plan to lay off?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 7500.
(c) 3000.
(d) 20,000.

5. At the beginning of Chapter Two, what religiously-loaded term did Hamper use to describe Flint?
(a) The Automotive Temple.
(b) God's Factory.
(c) Greaseball Mecca.
(d) Hitching-post Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hamper want to avoid his grandfather at the family reunion?

2. What did Hamper hate more than anything?

3. Oftentimes, when was a woman placed on the assembly line?

4. Why did Hamper's dad yell at him for his bad grades?

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

(see the answer key)

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