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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Hamper's new high school significantly different from his old one?
(a) Most of the kids were not religious.
(b) Most of the kids were motivated to get good careers.
(c) Most of the kids were not middle-class.
(d) Most of the kids were middle-class.

2. Why was Hamper expelled from his Catholic high school?
(a) He refused to attend the daily mass.
(b) He was caught rolling a joint in the library.
(c) He was caught trying to skip class.
(d) He had sworn at his history teacher.

3. What was the trickiest part of doubling-up, as Hamper and Dale did?
(a) Punching out.
(b) Punching in.
(c) Explaining your partner's absence to the supervisor.
(d) Keeping up to speed.

4. How long did Hamper work before being laid off for the first time?
(a) Five years.
(b) One year.
(c) Four years.
(d) Two years.

5. Why did absenteeism increase greatly on Fridays?
(a) The work shift was longer on Friday.
(b) The bosses were even crabbier because they did not want to be there.
(c) Thursday was pay-day.
(d) The work shift was shorter on Friday.

6. What happened one day when Hamper left journalism class on drugs?
(a) He could not figure out how to turn the car on.
(b) He drove the wrong car out of the parking lot.
(c) He hit a parked car.
(d) He hit a tuba player in the marching band.

7. How much time was required for an employee to secure his job at GM?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Thirty days.
(c) Six months.
(d) Ninety days.

8. When Hamper's dad left, what was the only information his family had?
(a) That he planned to be back before Christmas.
(b) That he was headed for Indiana.
(c) That he took the last can of beer with him.
(d) That he was somewhere in southern Florida with a bartender.

9. During his sophomore year of high school, what did Hamper name his rather large collection of poems?
(a) "Under the Table."
(b) "Intestines of a Balloon."
(c) "Hammered After Four."
(d) "Thoughts of the Crocodile."

10. Why did Hamper and Mike come to hate their fathers?
(a) Their fathers were shop-rats.
(b) Their fathers were stuck in a rut.
(c) Their fathers were drunkards.
(d) Their fathers were unreliable.

11. Why did Jack take a sledgehammer to the cigarette machine?
(a) He thought the broken machine was a GM conspiracy.
(b) He wanted to take his anger out on something.
(c) The machine had eaten his money.
(d) He was pretending the machine was the plant manager.

12. How much money did Hamper make painting apartments?
(a) One hundred dollars per apartment.
(b) Seven dollars an hour.
(c) Three dollars an hour.
(d) Fifty dollars a day.

13. As Brown hung around in the Cab Shop, what did he do?
(a) Fell asleep.
(b) Smoked marijuana.
(c) Drank beer.
(d) Read magazines.

14. How many children did Hamper's parents have?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

15. What was the name of the new school that combined all local Catholic high schools?
(a) St. Michael High School.
(b) Holy Redeemer High School.
(c) Luke Powers High School.
(d) St. Agnes High School.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, primarily, did GM management not crack down on the employees' drinking during work?

2. What was the most unusual thing about Bob-A-Lou?

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

4. When did GM schedule an applicant for a physical?

5. Why did Hamper never beat his dad up when he was being lectured?

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